The article reports that acquired aphantasia arises from damage connected to a single brain hub, the fusiform imagery node, and that this node's network connections explain loss of visual imagination after brain injury.

The topic highlights how specific brain networks underpin internal imagery, offering a concrete example of how cognition ties to brain structure and connectivity, which is of interest to anyone exploring psychological processes and the biology of mind.

Article Title: New research on acquired aphantasia pinpoints specific brain network responsible for visual imagination
Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/new-research-on-acquired-aphantasia-pinpoints-specific-brain-network-responsible-for-visual-imagination/

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I am aphantasic.

I have no visual imagination. No minds eye.

Thinking of my lover of 30+ years, I can't see their face, just blackness.

Instead, I'm infused with feelings of what it's like to be with them. With how they make me feel when I see their smile or hear their voice.

This writer describes aphantasia as loss of a sense. That's a shame.
https://psyche.co/ideas/i-have-no-minds-eye-let-me-try-to-describe-it-for-you

I would describe it positively, as enhanced emotional imagination.

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