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People with ‘mind blindness’ are harder to scare, study shows – Medical Xpress
People with aphantasia—that is, the inability to visualize mental images—are harder to spook with scary stories, a new UNSW Sydney study shows.
People with aphantasiathat is, the inability to visualize mental imagesare 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, falling off a cliff, or being in a plane that’s about to crash.
The researchers were able to physically measure each participant’s fear response by monitoring changing skin conductivity levelsin…
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