I don't see images in my head. Can training give me a mind's eye?
I don't see images in my head. Can training give me a mind's eye? Training programmes for people with aphantasia - the inability to create mental images - are challenging neuroscientists' understanding of how we create thoughts What do you see when you try to picture an apple? Last December, I closed my eyes and tried to visualise a potoo. This tropical bird has a "round, kind of pill-shaped head", my mental imagery coach described to me, and is covered with brown feathers. Its cartoonishly large mouth opens like a gaping smile to reveal a pink, fleshy colour, and its large irises can make its eyes seem entirely black.
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