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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts: people with mind-blindness not so easily spooked – EurekAlert
The link between mental imagery and emotions may be closer than we thought.
IMAGE: People with aphantasia – that is, the inability to visualise mental images – are harder to spook with scary stories, a new UNSW Sydney study shows.
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People with aphantasia – that is, the inability to visualise mental images – are harder to spook with scary stories, a new UNSW Sydney study shows.
The study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, tested how aphantasic people reacted to reading distressing scenarios, like being chased by a shark,…
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