Diversity of aphantasia revealed by multiple assessments of visual imagery, multisensory imagery, and cognitive style.

ABSTRACT: Aphantasia-a condition wherein individuals have a reduced or absent construction of voluntary visual imagery-is diagnosed using either the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) or self-identification. However, a significant discrepancy exists between the proportions of aphantasia in the populations assessed using these two criteria. It is unclear why the reported proportions differ excessively and what percentage of people cannot form visual imagery. We investigated the replicability of the proportion of people with aphantasia using both criteria in the same population of participants. Therefore, we explored the potential causes of the discrepancy and characteristics of putative aphantasia in terms of multisensory imagery, cognitive style, and face recognition ability. First, we

SUBMITTER: Takahashi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403065 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature