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aphantasia

Portuguese translation: afantasia

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16:55 Dec 2, 2019
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Psychology
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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Portuguese translation:afantasia
Definition:
Incapacidade de visualizar imagens mentalmente. Incapacidade de imaginar corporaturas, feições, figurações.
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afantasia


Definition from Extra Globo Oficial:
Incapacidade de visualizar imagens mentalmente. Incapacidade de imaginar corporaturas, feições, figurações.

Example sentence(s):
  • A maioria das pessoas consegue fechar os olhos e formar imagens dentro da cabeça - como ao contar carneirinhos ou pensar no rosto de um ente querido. Mas Ed Catmull, de 74 anos, tem uma condição chamada afantasia, na qual as pessoas não conseguem visualizar de forma alguma imagens mentais. E, em uma pesquisa surpreendente com seus ex-funcionários, descobriu que alguns dos melhores animadores do mundo também apresentam esta condição. - BBC  
Maria Stella Tupynambá
Brazil
Local time: 07:03
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 36

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Yes  Bruno Carminati
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