Hard to imagine: some people’s minds are blind
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When most people imagine walking on a beach at sunset, their mind will likely conjure up a picture such as this. For some it will be vivid, others a little hazier, but they will envisage the scene.
But recent studies have found that 2% to 5% of people will see nothing at all; they have aphantasia, or “mind-blindness”.
Published by Cosmos.