He could not imagine the apple in his head, the doctor mentioned that happened because he had aphantasia.
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Aphantasia
//ˌeɪ.fænˈteɪ.zɪ.ə//
Synonyms for "aphantasia"
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27 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- afantasie noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Arabic
1 entries- أفانتازيا noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Catalan
1 entries- afantasia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Dutch
1 entries- afantasie noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Esperanto
1 entries- afantazio noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Estonian
1 entries- afantaasia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Finnish
1 entries- afantasia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
French
1 entries- aphantasie noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Georgian
1 entries- აფანტაზია noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
German
1 entries- Aphantasie noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Hebrew
1 entries- אפנטזיה noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Hungarian
1 entries- afantázia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Indonesian
1 entries- afantasia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Italian
1 entries- afantasia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Japanese
1 entries- アファンタジア noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Korean
1 entries- 무상상 noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Malay
1 entries- aphantasia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Persian
1 entries- آفانتازیا noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Polish
1 entries- afantazja noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Portuguese
1 entries- afantasia noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Russian
1 entries- афантазия noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Spanish
1 entries- afantasía noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Swedish
1 entries- afantasi noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Tamil
1 entries- உளப்படம் அமையாக் குறைபாடு noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Turkish
1 entries- afantaz noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Ukrainian
1 entries- афантазія noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
West-Frisian
1 entries- afantasy noun (condition where one cannot visualize imagery)
Sample sentences
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Certain people, researchers have discovered, can't summon up mental images—it's as if their mind's eye is blind. This month in the journal Cortex, the condition received a name: aphantasia, based on the Greek word phantasia, which Aristotle used to describe the power that presents visual imagery to our minds. […] If aphantasia is real, it is possible that injury causes some cases while others begin at birth.
Source: wiktionary
That's when I discovered I had aphantasia, the inability to conjure mental images. Little is known about the condition, but its impact on my education led me to wonder about how it might be impacting others. […] [A]phantasia not only impacts people's learning experiences; it also extends into their personal lives. Not being able to visualize means never picturing the faces of family or close friends and remembering images as abstract information.
Source: wiktionary
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