Think of Phantasia as a continuum or a spectrum. At one end, some people cannot achieve any internal mental imaging. At the other end of the continuum, some people have the opposite of aphantasia. It is known as hyperphantasia. Approximately10-13% of people have a hyper-vivid imagination. In between are brains that can and do imagine something and create it in their mind’s eye and can recall images of things they have seen. The ability may be sharper and more vivid for some individuals than others. There appears to be quite a wide spectrum among human brains ranging from aphantasia to hyperphantasia. All forms have their pros and cons.
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