aphantasia

English

Etymology

a- +‎ phantasia. From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φαντασία (phantasía, “perception, impression, image, look, appearance”), coined in a 2015 article.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.fænˈteɪ.zi.ə/, /ˌeɪ.fænˈteɪ.ʒə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧fan‧ta‧sia

Noun

aphantasia (uncountable)

  1. (psychology, pathology) A condition where one does not possess a functioning "mind's eye" and cannot visualize imagery.
    • 2020 July 15, Serena Puang, “Living With Aphantasia, the Inability to Make Mental Images”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      But aphantasia not only impacts people’s learning experiences; it also extends into their personal lives. Not being able to visualize means never picturing the faces of family or close friends and remembering images as abstract information.

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References
  1. Adam Zeman; Michaela Dewar; Sergio Della Sala (2015-12-01), “Lives without imagery – Congenital aphantasia”, in Cortex‎, volume 73, →DOI, →ISSN, page 378–380
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