Topic: Voluntary Imagery

Voluntary imagery refers to the deliberate, conscious generation of mental experiences – like intentionally trying to imagine a beach scene or recall how an apple tastes. In aphantasia, this ability to create voluntary mental imagery in one or more senses is reduced or absent.

On this page, you’ll find research, personal experiences, and discussions about voluntary imagery and its relationship to aphantasia.

Researchers expand aphantasia definition beyond "inability to visualize." This broader framework impacts how we understand and identify with the condition.
How can one explain the experience of visualization to someone who has never experienced it? Enter the afterimage apple illusion.
Does aphantasia impact the reading experience? Exploring the relationship between reading preferences and mental imagery.
When I learned about aphantasia I began to wonder... How might the vividness of our individual imaginations impact our design process?
What do typical visualizers experience? How does my imaginative experience compare? Designer Melanie Scheer introduces a new way to visualize the visual imagination spectrum.
October 3, 2024
Hi everyone, I think I have neither aphantasia nor typical visualization, and I would like to know if there was a name / studies / other people like me. I c...
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