hyperphantasia

At any rate cases with hyperphantasia in my recent Dementia Praecox series (American Journal of Insanity, 1914-15) appear to be correlated with parietal lobe anomalies and atrophies.

The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1916

I only ask because I can't make mental images at all which is pretty rare (aphantasia) though it also is rare to have mental imagery as vivid as real life (hyperphantasia).

I don't know if this may end up being an odd question, but I wanted to ask anyway. How well can you make mental images? I only ask because I can't make mental images at all which is pretty rare (aphantasia) though it also is rare to have mental imagery as vivid as real life (hyperphantasia). Most people fall somewhere in between. My aphantasia means I have a completely different experience with fiction than people who can. I was trying to see where the authors I like fall on that scale. 2019

The scientists estimate that tens of millions of people share the condition, which they’ve named aphantasia, and millions more experience extraordinarily strong mental imagery, called hyperphantasia.

Many People Have a Vivid ‘Mind’s Eye,’ While Others Have None at All By 2021

The opposite of aphantasia is “hyperphantasia,” or having extremely vivid mental imagery.

Discovering aphantasia - Austin Kleon 2023

Such intense and detailed imaginations are thought to reflect a condition known as hyperphantasia, and it may not be nearly as rare as we once thought, with as many as one in 30 people reporting incredibly vivid mind’s eyes.

‘Like a film in my mind’: hyperphantasia and the quest to understand vivid imaginations David Robson 2024

Aphantasia and hyperphantasia, the opposite phenomenon in which people report mental imagery as vivid as reality, are in fact two ends of a spectrum, sandwiching an infinite range of internal experiences between them.

What Happens in a Mind That Can’t ‘See’ Mental Images | Quanta Magazine Yasemin Saplakoglu 2024

When picturing that, some people will see every detail in high resolution, like a vivid inner movie (this is called hyperphantasia), while others will “see” nothing at all (aphantasia).

Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else? David Eagleman 2025

When picturing that, some people will see every detail in high resolution, like a vivid inner movie (this is called hyperphantasia), while others will “see” nothing at all (aphantasia).

Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else? David Eagleman 2025