UNSW Sydney and Macquarie University psychology researchers have written an article warning that psychedelic therapies may switch on visual mental imagery in people with aphantasia and could raise the ...

As a neuroscientist, I’m encouraged that this could be a window into how your brain generates consciousness through your ...

Visual mental imagery refers to the generation and manipulation of visual-like experiences in the absence of corresponding sensory input. It relies on distributed brain networks that overlap with ...

You may think you know what you like -- how to spend your time or what profession to pursue. But a new study suggests that your pre-existing self-beliefs, as well as cultural stereotypes, may ...

New research has revealed that people with the ability to visualize vividly have a stronger connection between their visual network and the regions of the brain linked to decision-making. The study ...

Imagine an apple floating in front of you. Now see if you can rotate it around in your mind. Look at it from the top, bottom – does it have any blemishes? How clearly can you see it? Some people see ...

In a workshop called “Writing from the Senses,” novelist Janet Fitch taught us to how to see light (Fitch 2020). To describe a scene visually, so that readers can imagine it, a writer needs to think ...

We tend to think of writing and photography as separate domains. Writing is all about word choice and sequence and structure; it's about rhyme and rhythm and flow. Photography, on the other hand, is ...