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Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound

By Larissa MacFarquhar · The New Yorker · October 2025
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
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"Larissa MacFarquhar writes about the recent research into the neurodiverse syndromes known as aphantasia and hyperphantasia, their effects on our experience of trauma and memory, and the sense of identity that has grown up around them."

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