Most people can visualize a loved one's face or the best meal they've ever had, but there are others whose minds go blank when they attempt to do the same. This phenomenon is known as aphantasia.

Two years ago, Sarah Shomstein realized she didn’t have a mind’s eye. The vision scientist was sitting in a seminar room, listening to a scientific talk, when the presenter asked the audience to ...

A simple test can reveal whether someone unknowingly lives with a hidden disability known as aphantasia – a condition that leaves people unable to form mental images in their mind. Often undiagnosed ...

MANY people would admit to imagining scenes in their heads, but a new visual test could reveal you have a “blind mind.” Twitter users were asked to close their eyes and picture an apple, then select ...

The study, led by researchers from UNSW Sydney and published in eLife, found that the pupils of people with aphantasia did not respond when asked to imagine dark and light objects, while those without ...