what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice

  • Written by: Derek Arnold, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
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Look at these pictures. Can you see a cube on the left and a face on the right?

what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voiceWhat do you see?Derek Arnold / Adobe Stock

Can you imagine seeing things in your mind? Can you hear an inner voice when you think or read?

One of the authors, Loren Bouyer, cannot do any of these things. To Loren the left-hand image looks like a...

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