20251209 - Tuesday Topics - Vision With Closed Eyes.
There appears to be a whole range of ways that the brain reacts to picturing something with one's eyes closed. I listened to a recent program where a condition
was described that intrigued me. The term I heard was "afantesia" but that appears not to be the correct name of the condition. Essentially people who
have this condition see nothing in their brains when they close their eyes and try to picture even something as concrete as an apple. At the other end
of the spectrum there are people who have, again not the correct word apparently, "hyperfantesia". These individuals can be reading a…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.