Phantasia can affect how people process and recall information, potentially influencing tasks like spelling, where mental imagery might typically play a role in recalling word patterns and letter sequences. By examining how individuals with aphantasia approach spelling tasks, we aim to better understand the role of mental imagery in language...
We usually have no access to the consciousness and mental contents of others, so it is possible that a person with aphantasia may not even suspect that sentences beginning "IMAGINE..." can be interpreted literally, but most people might jokingly reply "Okay, in colour, or maybe in black and white?"...
We perceive the outside world through the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. People can be divided into 4 groups according to their level of visual vividness, which is the purpose of the VVIQ (Vividness Of Visual Imagery Questionnaire) questionnaire. The first group consists of hyperphantasic persons, who have a very vivid...