Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Can you visualize mental images when you close your eyes? Or do you see nothing at all?
Today, we’re diving into aphantasia – a fascinating neurological condition where a person cannot use their mind's eye to form mental images.

00:00 - What Aphantasia is and how it affects visual imagination
00:27 - What mental processes aphantasia can affect
00:45 - How scientists are developing an objective test for the “mind’s eye”
01:29 - Why people with aphantasia often struggle with autobiographical memory
01:36 - What brain scans reveal about memory, the hippocampus, and mental imagery
02:18 - What aphantasia feels like
02:37 - The different subtypes of aphantasia
02:55 - How psychedelics like ayahuasca and psilocybin may temporarily activate the mind’s eye
03:55 - Why aphantasia might actually be an advantage in certain fields

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Credits:
Narrated by Eleanor Higgs
Produced and edited by Dominic Grose
Written by James Felton, Benjamin Tuab, Laura Simmons, Stephen Luntz, and Dominic Grose
Opening Title Sequence by Philip K Brayne & James Rodrigues
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