When you read, do you visualize the story? Alex Rosenthal does not. He has a condition called aphantasia where he can't see pictures in his mind. Here's what it's like to see life through his eyes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy of Lauren Krouse & Jennifer Krouse It’s jarring to realize at 32 that the way you’ve always experienced the world isn’t ...

Two years ago, Sarah Shomstein realized she didn’t have a mind’s eye. The vision scientist was sitting in a seminar room, listening to a scientific talk, when the presenter asked the audience to ...

People with aphantasia can imagine an apple in an abstract sense but cannot picture it: They cannot describe its colour or shape. Source: Tobi | Unsplash Imagine an apple. What does it look like? What ...

(NEXSTAR) – How vivid is your mind’s eye? If you were to try to picture an apple right now, can you see it? The shape, the color, the skin, the stem? Or is there no picture at all? Aphantasia, a ...

If you close your eyes and picture an apple, how clear is that apple in your mind? Most people can visualise images in their head instantaneously - this known as the mind's eye. But in 2015, a ...

People who can’t visualize an image in their mind’s eye are less likely to remember the details of important past personal events or to recognize faces, according to a review of nearly ten years of ...

Psychedelic drugs like LSD, DMT, and psilocybin are known for their ability to trigger kaleidoscopic visual hallucinations, raising interesting questions about how people with aphantasia – or the lack ...

Think about your breakfast this morning. Can you imagine the pattern on your coffee mug? The sheen of the jam on your half-eaten toast? Most of us can call up such pictures in our minds. We can ...

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