Visualization Is Not Coming From Your Eyes, From Your Retina

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Joel pearson is a professor of cognitive narrow science at the university of new south wales and australia. When we visualize, similar parts of the brain are activated, but at a lower intensity. It's almost like we're having the experience of seeing something in real time, even if we're just imagining it.

Close your eyes and try to imagine an apple. Can you see anything? Aphantasia is the inability to see with your mind’s eye. Since it was discovered, scientists have been asking the question: What is the mind’s eye even for?

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