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disposition > cognition > hyperphantasia

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hyperphantasia  

Definition

  • The cognitive disposition to form highly vivid, nearly realistic visual mental images.

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  • • Milton, F., Fulford, J., Dance, C., Gaddum, J., Heuerman-Williamson, B., Jones, K., Knight, K. F., MacKisack, M., Winlove, C., & Zeman, A. (2021). Behavioral and neural signatures of visual imagery vividness extremes : Aphantasia versus hyperphantasia. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgab035

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

  • • Palermo, L., Boccia, M., Piccardi, L., & Nori, R. (2022). Congenital lack and extraordinary ability in object and spatial imagery: An investigation on sub-types of aphantasia and hyperphantasia. Consciousness and Cognition, 103, 103360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103360

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Zeman, A. (2025). Aphantasia and hyperphantasia: Exploring imagery vividness extremes. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(5), 467-480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.02.007

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Zeman, A., Milton, F., Della Sala, S., Dewar, M., Frayling, T., Gaddum, J., Hattersley, A., Heuerman-Williamson, B., Jones, K., MacKisack, M., & Winlove, C. (2020). Phantasia–The psychological significance of lifelong visual imagery vividness extremes. Cortex, 130, 426–440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.003

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-KGXKNW5J-Q

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