aphantasia

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16:54 Dec 2, 2019

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English term or phrase: aphantasia

Definition from Merriam-Webster:
The inability to form mental images of real or imaginary people, places, or things.

Example sentence(s):

The former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios says he has a "blind mind's eye". Ed Catmull, 74, has the condition aphantasia, in which people cannot visualise mental images at all. And in a surprising survey of his former employees, so do some of the world's best animators. BBC
Aphantasia, a term coined by Adam Zeman, a neurologist and professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology at Exeter University Medical School, describes people who are unable to visualise. It affects some 2 to 3 per cent of the population, or around 2million people in the UK. Daily Mail

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एफैंटेसिया

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एफैंटेसिया

Definition from Prabhat khabhar:
किसी कल्पना की छवि दिमाग में नहीं बना पाना

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लेकिन यदि आपके दिमाग में जैसा आप सोच रहे हैं, वैसी इमेज नहीं बन पा रही है तो आप एफैंटेसिया से ग्रस्त हो सकते हैं. यानी कि जो भी कल्पना आप करते हैं, यदि आपके दिमाग में उसकी छवि नहीं बन पाती है तो आप एफैंटेसिया के शिकार हो सकते हैं. - Prabhat khabar

Ajay Yadav
India
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