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Their brains don’t light up like real vision. Their brain signals are flipped 🔄. This could explain why their imagery never reaches conscious awareness. But their brains are still building mental blueprints 🧠✨.
#Aphantasia #NeuroReels #ScienceExplained #MentalImagery #Reels #ViralVideo
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January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Their brains don’t light up like real vision. Their brain signals are flipped 🔄. This could explain why their imagery never reaches conscious awareness. But their brains are still building mental blueprints 🧠✨.
#Aphantasia #NeuroReels #ScienceExplained #MentalImagery #Reels #ViralVideo
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🚨 #Preprint alert 🚨 A multilab study led by Claire Vanbuckave investigated whether the strength of pupil responses to imagined brightness/ darkness reflect differences in vividness of mental imagery. We found … 👇 1/3 🧵 #psychology #aphantasia #pupillometry #mentalimagery
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Pupil size reflects moment-to-moment fluctuations in mental imagery, but not (or hardly) individual differences in imagery
Previous research has shown that the eyes' pupils are larger when imaging dark as compared to bright objects or scenes. Based on this, it has been claimed that pupil size is a sensitive marker of ment...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:52 AM
🚨 #Preprint alert 🚨 A multilab study led by Claire Vanbuckave investigated whether the strength of pupil responses to imagined brightness/ darkness reflect differences in vividness of mental imagery. We found … 👇 1/3 🧵 #psychology #aphantasia #pupillometry #mentalimagery
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
An imagery test you can't fake: pupils shrink when you imagine light—unless you're aphantasic. The lab tool turning mind's eye into measurable data. #Aphantasia #MentalImagery #Neuroscience #Pupillometry #VisionScience
The eye test for minds without pictures is getting real
Close your eyes and picture a desk lamp flicking on in a dark room. For most people, the pupils pinch, as if a real bulb just flared to life. For others, nothing happens. No reflex, no ghostly light, no inner stage. That second group has a name now, and increasingly, a measurable signature: aphantasia, the near-total absence of visual imagery.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
An imagery test you can't fake: pupils shrink when you imagine light—unless you're aphantasic. The lab tool turning mind's eye into measurable data. #Aphantasia #MentalImagery #Neuroscience #Pupillometry #VisionScience
New research paper examining the structural dissociation between empathy, moral valuation, and simulation-based models of social cognition.
Open access on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#Empathy
#Aphantasia
#MentalImagery
#CognitiveScience
#PhilosophyOfMind
#Neuroscience
Open access on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#Empathy
#Aphantasia
#MentalImagery
#CognitiveScience
#PhilosophyOfMind
#Neuroscience
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New research paper examining the structural dissociation between empathy, moral valuation, and simulation-based models of social cognition.
Open access on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#Empathy
#Aphantasia
#MentalImagery
#CognitiveScience
#PhilosophyOfMind
#Neuroscience
Open access on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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🌟 Mental Imagery in Psychosis & Bipolar Disorder: New Research & Insights
📍 11-12 GMT, Wed 4th Feb 2026
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🌟 Mental Imagery in Psychosis & Bipolar Disorder: New Research & Insights
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Mental Imagery in Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder: New Research and Insights
Understanding the role of mental imagery in psychosis & bipolar disorder – latest research findings, lived experience & future directions .
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This is exactly the problem inherent with so much #mentalimagery research: without any objective external reference to validate this, it is no better (& most likely worse...) than simply asking people how clear & detailed their imagery is. Because it is literally the same question in disguise.
Aphantasics often report N=0 or 1, Hyperphantasics can go 10+. This correlates with VVIQ, but N is an actual performance metric, not a feeling.
Bonus: As you do this, you might feel the urge to "pick up" and "eat" one of the nuggets. You might even "taste" it.
That's it. That's the whole point.
Bonus: As you do this, you might feel the urge to "pick up" and "eat" one of the nuggets. You might even "taste" it.
That's it. That's the whole point.
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is exactly the problem inherent with so much #mentalimagery research: without any objective external reference to validate this, it is no better (& most likely worse...) than simply asking people how clear & detailed their imagery is. Because it is literally the same question in disguise.
Also some telling quotes from people who lost #mentalimagery suddenly (acquired #aphantasia): They all sound like before the loss they could "see" things when they closed their eyes - but now it's only black. And at least the original case implies that their imagery used to look like visual #dreams
October 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Also some telling quotes from people who lost #mentalimagery suddenly (acquired #aphantasia): They all sound like before the loss they could "see" things when they closed their eyes - but now it's only black. And at least the original case implies that their imagery used to look like visual #dreams
First, we review some studies that suggest (to some of us anyway) that many #mentalimagery researchers assume their participants can literally* "see" imagined stimuli: they might talk about mental images appearing "gradually" or suggest that a mental image of black lines appears light grey...
October 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
First, we review some studies that suggest (to some of us anyway) that many #mentalimagery researchers assume their participants can literally* "see" imagined stimuli: they might talk about mental images appearing "gradually" or suggest that a mental image of black lines appears light grey...
Long time in the making: our preprint of survey study on the diversity with how people seem to experience #mentalimagery. Suggests #aphantasia should be redefined as absence of depictive thought, not merely "not seeing". Some more take home msg:
#psychskysci #neuroscience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#psychskysci #neuroscience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Long time in the making: our preprint of survey study on the diversity with how people seem to experience #mentalimagery. Suggests #aphantasia should be redefined as absence of depictive thought, not merely "not seeing". Some more take home msg:
#psychskysci #neuroscience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#psychskysci #neuroscience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Interesting piece on #aphantasia. But any conclusion about decoding #mentalimagery from aphants is confounded if we lump low-imagery people in with those who say they only have semantic representations. All 3 studies reviewed did exactly that. #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
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October 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Interesting piece on #aphantasia. But any conclusion about decoding #mentalimagery from aphants is confounded if we lump low-imagery people in with those who say they only have semantic representations. All 3 studies reviewed did exactly that. #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
I am having the best time at #AECongress2025 !
TY @autismeurope.bsky.social for organising such a fascinating programme! TY to all those who came to see my #autism / #aphantasia / #hyperphantasia / #MentalImagery poster today, see you tomo for a #bilingualism talk + a #gender / #masking poster!
TY @autismeurope.bsky.social for organising such a fascinating programme! TY to all those who came to see my #autism / #aphantasia / #hyperphantasia / #MentalImagery poster today, see you tomo for a #bilingualism talk + a #gender / #masking poster!
September 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I am having the best time at #AECongress2025 !
TY @autismeurope.bsky.social for organising such a fascinating programme! TY to all those who came to see my #autism / #aphantasia / #hyperphantasia / #MentalImagery poster today, see you tomo for a #bilingualism talk + a #gender / #masking poster!
TY @autismeurope.bsky.social for organising such a fascinating programme! TY to all those who came to see my #autism / #aphantasia / #hyperphantasia / #MentalImagery poster today, see you tomo for a #bilingualism talk + a #gender / #masking poster!
Congratulations on the article and on bringing this ambition to fruition. I hope that this approach inspires other fields to pool data on a large scale and across labs, especially when the phenomena studied are difficult to access. A nod to my field of research, #aphantasia and #mentalimagery...
💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
August 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Congratulations on the article and on bringing this ambition to fruition. I hope that this approach inspires other fields to pool data on a large scale and across labs, especially when the phenomena studied are difficult to access. A nod to my field of research, #aphantasia and #mentalimagery...
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the @smmb-lab.bsky.social just did a wonderful interview on live TV discussing our recent research looking at 'Can Music be good company'.
#musicscience #mentalimagery @sydney.edu.au
#musicscience #mentalimagery @sydney.edu.au
August 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the @smmb-lab.bsky.social just did a wonderful interview on live TV discussing our recent research looking at 'Can Music be good company'.
#musicscience #mentalimagery @sydney.edu.au
#musicscience #mentalimagery @sydney.edu.au
Can music be good company?
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Can music be good company? Research shows it makes our imagination more social
When people listen to music, they’re more likely to imagine social interactions.
theconversation.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Can music be good company?
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
We contributed a small piece to the @theconversation.com drawing from recent work in the field of music and mental imagery. #musicscience #mentalimagery
theconversation.com/can-music-be...
Delighted to share our new work 'Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions'. We show that music is indeed good company! #musicscience #mentalimagery www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions
www.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Delighted to share our new work 'Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions'. We show that music is indeed good company! #musicscience #mentalimagery www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the SMMBL shares at #ICMPC18 the results of her latest study, showing how layering rhythms and instruments affects imagination! #MusicScience #MentalImagery
July 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@cerenayyildiz.bsky.social from the SMMBL shares at #ICMPC18 the results of her latest study, showing how layering rhythms and instruments affects imagination! #MusicScience #MentalImagery
New from Arnold @visnerd.bsky.social lab:
Mental rotation is often regarded as paradigmatic for #mentalimagery. But it turns out people often don't use imagery for mental rotation - & when they do it is often not useful (same viewpoint trials). #visionscience #psychscisky
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Mental rotation is often regarded as paradigmatic for #mentalimagery. But it turns out people often don't use imagery for mental rotation - & when they do it is often not useful (same viewpoint trials). #visionscience #psychscisky
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
doi.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
New from Arnold @visnerd.bsky.social lab:
Mental rotation is often regarded as paradigmatic for #mentalimagery. But it turns out people often don't use imagery for mental rotation - & when they do it is often not useful (same viewpoint trials). #visionscience #psychscisky
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Mental rotation is often regarded as paradigmatic for #mentalimagery. But it turns out people often don't use imagery for mental rotation - & when they do it is often not useful (same viewpoint trials). #visionscience #psychscisky
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
July 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If you have 10-20 minutes (depends on how fast you are), would you please consider doing this online study on #mentalimagery? It contains a survey & an experiment where you look at pictures and you respond what you see:
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
July 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you have 10-20 minutes (depends on how fast you are), would you please consider doing this online study on #mentalimagery? It contains a survey & an experiment where you look at pictures and you respond what you see:
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #visionscience
tstbl.co/820-917
The CIA Experimented with a Psychic Magnification Effect
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uap# ufo# declassified# unredacted# ciafiles# whistleblower# disclosure# CiaDeclassified# CiaPsychicResearch# ColdWarIntelligence# MentalImagery
https://www.unredacted.info/cia-files/the-cia-experimented-with-a-psychic-magnification-effect/
#
uap# ufo# declassified# unredacted# ciafiles# whistleblower# disclosure# CiaDeclassified# CiaPsychicResearch# ColdWarIntelligence# MentalImagery
https://www.unredacted.info/cia-files/the-cia-experimented-with-a-psychic-magnification-effect/
June 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ahem... While on the topic of #aphantasia & #mentalimagery: This preprint reports correlations between questionnaires & some measure of hippocampal asymmetry that explain 90-100% of variance. Whenever I see data like this, I'd immediately suspect a bug in the code.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
May 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Ahem... While on the topic of #aphantasia & #mentalimagery: This preprint reports correlations between questionnaires & some measure of hippocampal asymmetry that explain 90-100% of variance. Whenever I see data like this, I'd immediately suspect a bug in the code.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Reposting this - still looking for more participants! Especially if you (think you) have #aphantasia or #hyperphantasia, we are very interested in hearing from you... Also if you have experience of #prophantasia (cc @kerblooee.bsky.social)
#mentalimagery #visionscience #psychscisky
#mentalimagery #visionscience #psychscisky
Here is a new, shorter version of our mental imagery survey. Please if you can spare a few minutes we would appreciate if you could take this & pass it along to others who might be interested. Thanks! tstbl.co/763-452
#neuroskyence #visionscience #psychscisky #aphantasia #mentalimagery
#neuroskyence #visionscience #psychscisky #aphantasia #mentalimagery
May 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Reposting this - still looking for more participants! Especially if you (think you) have #aphantasia or #hyperphantasia, we are very interested in hearing from you... Also if you have experience of #prophantasia (cc @kerblooee.bsky.social)
#mentalimagery #visionscience #psychscisky
#mentalimagery #visionscience #psychscisky
5 #mentalskills for #athletes to help your #training!
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April 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM