Andrea Blomkvist
@andreablomkvist.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher in philosophy of cognitive science on the project Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human. Mental imagery, aphantasia, episodic memory.
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May 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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We also argue in this article that "aphantasia" might not pick out one unified condition. It's possible that some people we study have a deficit in metacognitive awareness, whereas others have one in episodic encoding/retrieval. Exciting hypotheses to test!
December 18, 2024 at 3:46 PM
We also argue in this article that "aphantasia" might not pick out one unified condition. It's possible that some people we study have a deficit in metacognitive awareness, whereas others have one in episodic encoding/retrieval. Exciting hypotheses to test!
Very interesting! Regarding what you say about mental rotation, it would be useful to also take into account that aphantasics report using non-imagistic strategies. This, together with higher accuracy, suggests that they do not use mental imagery to solve the task.
Slower but more accurate mental rotation performance in aphantasia linked to differences in cognitive strategies
Mental rotation tasks are frequently used as standard measures of mental imagery. However, aphantasia research has brought such use into question. Her…
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December 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Very interesting! Regarding what you say about mental rotation, it would be useful to also take into account that aphantasics report using non-imagistic strategies. This, together with higher accuracy, suggests that they do not use mental imagery to solve the task.