When life feels crowded with stress and noise, your mind often ends up feeling the same way. Zen practices can help you find ...

For participants who can see things in their mind's eye, asking them to think of one of the two patterns can bias which image they perceive first. People with aphantasia, however, are much less likely ...

People with aphantasia lack the ability to summon crisp images in their "mind's eye." But even though they can't visualize in this way, the blueprints for those imaginary images might still be nestled ...

People recalling a familiar image use different brain mechanisms to focus on a component than those who are viewing the situation live, a new study indicates. The reasons why the brain has evolved a ...

Some people can't form mental images. Here's what scientists are learning about the condition known as aphantasia—and why it's less rare than you think. The "apple test"—asking participants to close ...