On social media, 8th-grade English teacher Jak Kurdi often shares his love of books and writing. Growing up in a household that prioritized reading, he could vividly picture the worlds on the page, ...

How many times have you watched a book adaptation on film or TV, and felt disappointed when a scene wasn’t quite how you’d pictured it? Or perhaps a character looked nothing like you’d imagined them ...

The last ten years were a wild ride for those of us who are interested in mental imagery. It was ten years ago that the condition of not having conscious mental imagery became known to the general ...

Imagine being told not to think of a pink elephant. Almost immediately, the image of a pink elephant could pop into your head. This mental phenomenon—where the attempt to suppress a thought has it ...

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 ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

(NEXSTAR) – How vivid is your mind’s eye? If you were to try to picture an apple right now, can you see it? The shape, the color, the skin, the stem? Or is there no picture at all? Aphantasia, a ...

Think about your breakfast this morning. Can you imagine the pattern on your coffee mug? The sheen of the jam on your half-eaten toast? Most of us can call up such pictures in our minds. We can ...