Mind blindness decoded: people who can’t see with their ‘mind’s eye’ still activate their visual cortex, study finds

People who can’t picture images in their ‘mind’s eye’ still represent them in their brains

Imaging study of people with aphantasia reveals differences—but not a complete deficit—in visual processing area

Mind blindness decoded: people who can’t see with their ‘mind’s eye’ still activate their visual cortex, study finds

People with aphantasia still have a blueprint for mental imagery, even if they can’t consciously ‘see’ it.

Mind blindness decoded: people who can’t see with their ‘mind’s eye’ s

People with aphantasia still have a blueprint for mental imagery, even if they can’t consciously ‘see’ it. An international team of scientists, including researchers from UNSW Sydney, used a type of MRI brain scanning to find out more about the neural processes in people with aphantasia. They found that when people with aphantasia try to conjure an image in their mind’s eye, the primary visual cortex – the part of the brain that processes pictur…