What if your eyes could see, yet your mind was visually blind?
That’s the case for people with aphantasia.
People with aphantasia can’t consciously access mental imagery, and somedon’t have vivid dreams.
This can affect one’s ability to save visual memories.
However, those with aphantasia can’t visualize an apple instead, they only see mental darkness.
This may, potentially, detect aphantasia in some patients.
A recentUNSW Sydneystudy also revealed that aphantasia may be diagnosable by watching people’s pupils.
If you do learn that you have aphantasia, know that your diagnosis isn’t all bad.
