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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"aphantasia"”.
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An exploration into aphantasia: the inability to form voluntary mental imagery
Congenital aphantasia is a variation of the human experience, characterised by a life-long inability to generate voluntary mental imagery, and so far, has been examined in the visual domain. In a series of 10 experiments, this thesis took an experimental approach to examine the possible …
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Creating Imaginary Worlds on the Page and in the Mind
… by his own neurodivergence in general and his aphantasia in particular. It has also been informed by Wolfgang Iser’s phenomenological exploration of the reading process. The thesis interrogates the techniques and conceptual framework employed during the writing of three novels: The …
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Mini-Maps, Crucial or Controversial: Assessing the Influence of Perceived Spatial Orientation and Cognitive Mapping Performance on Video Game User Experience
… with mini-maps compared to games that do not. Aphantasia, a condition characterized by the lack of or complete absence of voluntary mental imagery, is an individual difference explored in this research. The study’s objective is to generalize findings for application to the aphantasic population …
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An Investigation into the Mechanisms Underlying Mnemonic Precision
Mnemonic precision refers to the degree of fidelity with which we represent the details of our past experiences. Maintaining a high level of mnemonic precision allows us to distinguish between similar experiential events. Across three chapters, this thesis examines how mnemonic precision declines …