# \#aphantasia **URL:** https://forum.artofmemory.com/tag/aphantasia/38.md [Latest](https://forum.artofmemory.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.artofmemory.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.artofmemory.com/tags.md) --- ## [Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM)](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/severely-deficient-autobiographical-memory-sdam/96386)
**Author:** [@tusharvjoshi](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tusharvjoshi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/severely-deficient-autobiographical-memory-sdam/96386 "2026-10-13T18:37:43Z")
According to sdamstudy Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM) refers to a lifelong inability to vividly recollect or re-experience personal past events from a first-person perspective. The research on this to… --- ## [Total Aphantasia + Anauralia: How to use memory techniques? Memory Palace without mental images or sounds?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/total-aphantasia-anauralia-how-to-use-memory-techniques-memory-palace-without-mental-images-or-sounds/112939)
**Author:** [@Vxzir0](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Vxzir0)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/total-aphantasia-anauralia-how-to-use-memory-techniques-memory-palace-without-mental-images-or-sounds/112939 "2026-07-31T16:40:22Z")
Hi everyone :waving\_hand: I have the incredible “mental combo” of Total Aphantasia accompanied by Anauralia. Because of this, I am unable to visualize images or hear sounds in my mind. So far, all the memory technique… --- ## [People with mind-blindness (aphantasia) not so easily spooked - ScienceDaily Article](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/people-with-mind-blindness-aphantasia-not-so-easily-spooked-sciencedaily-article/60794)
**Author:** [@tarnation](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tarnation)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/people-with-mind-blindness-aphantasia-not-so-easily-spooked-sciencedaily-article/60794 "2026-07-27T00:00:48Z")
Just came across this interesting Science Daily article about people with aphantasia (mind-blindness) not being easy to spook with scary stories. I ain’t afraid of no ghosts: People with mind-blindness not so easily spo… --- ## [Afantasia Total + Anauralia: Como criar um Palácio da Memória sem imagens ou sons mentais?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/afantasia-total-anauralia-como-criar-um-palacio-da-memoria-sem-imagens-ou-sons-mentais/112927)
**Author:** [@Vxzir0](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Vxzir0)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/afantasia-total-anauralia-como-criar-um-palacio-da-memoria-sem-imagens-ou-sons-mentais/112927 "2026-07-26T18:22:45Z")
Olá à todos :waving\_hand: Eu possuo o incrível “combo mental” de Afantasia acompanhado de Anauralia. Com isso sou incapaz de visualizar imagens ou de ouvir sons em minha mente. Até então todas as técnicas de memorizaç… --- ## [Do Chinese speakers have less aphantasia?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/do-chinese-speakers-have-less-aphantasia/104102)
**Author:** [@Glauber](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Glauber)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/do-chinese-speakers-have-less-aphantasia/104102 "2026-07-15T03:05:17Z")
I saw a BBC video explaining the importance of reading, and that a bilingual person who knew Chinese and English and suffered a stroke was unable to speak Chinese and only remembered English. The explanation was that Ch… --- ## [Memory palaces and aphantasia](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/memory-palaces-and-aphantasia/103883)
**Author:** [@anon\_bot](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/anon_bot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/memory-palaces-and-aphantasia/103883 "2026-04-21T14:20:52Z")
Can people with aphantasia use the memory palace technique? --- ## [New Member: wiring thought patterns?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/new-member-wiring-thought-patterns/110142)
**Author:** [@stellan](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/stellan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/new-member-wiring-thought-patterns/110142 "2026-04-17T01:55:08Z")
Hello! I am new here, and new to memory techniques. In fact, I only learned to study this year and I am now rapidly becoming aware of how much potential the brain holds. I have a question about whether it is possible t… --- ## [Memorisarion and aphantasy](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/memorisarion-and-aphantasy/108760)
**Author:** [@Cpss](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Cpss)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/memorisarion-and-aphantasy/108760 "2026-02-28T22:05:00Z")
I would like to memorize cards and I have aphantasy. I can’t create anchors. I never retrieve the cards. I would appreciate any tips. Thank you. --- ## [Why Your Visual Imagination Is Unique (TED Talk)](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/why-your-visual-imagination-is-unique-ted-talk/107702)
**Author:** [@iOSDeveloper](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/iOSDeveloper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/why-your-visual-imagination-is-unique-ted-talk/107702 "2025-12-27T20:25:26Z")
--- ## [An objective test for Aphantasia](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/an-objective-test-for-aphantasia/107530)
**Author:** [@cedar](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/cedar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/an-objective-test-for-aphantasia/107530 "2025-12-18T04:14:59Z")
Interesting article about a new study: The study, led by researchers from UNSW Sydney and published in eLife, found that the pupils of people with aphantasia did not respond when asked to imagine dark and light objects… --- ## [Aphantasia article](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-article/103032)
**Author:** [@Johnl](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Johnl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-article/103032 "2025-11-21T15:45:42Z")
This morning I received my Neuroscience News email and it has the following article which was of interest to me as I have Aphantasia. The article appears in Neuroscience News June 9 edition. Briefly about 4% of the popu… --- ## [Using the Journey method when you don't have any imagination](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/using-the-journey-method-when-you-dont-have-any-imagination/31934)
**Author:** [@blacksmith](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/blacksmith)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/using-the-journey-method-when-you-dont-have-any-imagination/31934 "2016-08-29T16:50:29Z")
I have a problem. That is, I am unable to imagine anything. When I close my eyes I don’t see anything at all. I still am successful in using the Method of Loci though, when I trace my steps I don’t see the pictures that … --- ## [Aphantasia and dreams](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-and-dreams/95338)
**Author:** [@cauli](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/cauli)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-and-dreams/95338 "2024-08-12T16:24:18Z")
I’ve come to terms with the fact that I have aphantasia. I have read a few posts about the topic, and related strongly with @LynneKelly 's blog post about it. All I see is grey mush. TLDR If you have aphantasia, do you… --- ## [Improving visualization through art?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/improving-visualization-through-art/95070)
**Author:** [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/improving-visualization-through-art/95070 "2024-08-02T22:36:48Z")
Has anyone here had success improving your visualization skills by practicing art? The art could be drawing, painting, sculpture, digital illustration, etc. Or are there any other visualization exercises that people hav… --- ## [Do I Need a PERFECT VISUALIZATION to become a Good MEMORY ATHLETE!](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/do-i-need-a-perfect-visualization-to-become-a-good-memory-athlete/69745)
**Author:** [@Soobin](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Soobin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/do-i-need-a-perfect-visualization-to-become-a-good-memory-athlete/69745 "2024-07-03T20:30:10Z")
Is it necessary I have a perfect visualization to become a top memory athlete? This question have been boggling my mind for a while now! Any help hommies? --- ## [Test for Aphantasia \[POLL\]](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/test-for-aphantasia-poll/47569)
**Author:** [@Vertexion](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Vertexion)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/test-for-aphantasia-poll/47569 "2024-04-07T20:03:28Z")
I request everyone to take this Test and vote what they got. This is supposed to be a test for Aphantasia. Please vote honestly and correctly. poll --- ## [Is Aphantasia a Memory Disorder?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/is-aphantasia-a-memory-disorder/78515)
**Author:** [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/is-aphantasia-a-memory-disorder/78515 "2024-02-28T00:45:26Z")
For people interested in aphantasia : Congenital aphantasia is considered the inability to consciously generate visual imagery. Although there are early descriptions of this disorder going back to Aristotle, it was not… --- ## [Techniques for non-mental imagers? \[Aphantasia\]](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/techniques-for-non-mental-imagers-aphantasia/31539)
**Author:** [@Darkshade](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Darkshade)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/techniques-for-non-mental-imagers-aphantasia/31539 "2023-10-06T05:27:58Z")
i have just read the wiki page & the problem i’m seeing with it & so many of the techniques is that there is an emphasis on someone being able to visualize things in their mind but not everyone is the same not everyone i… --- ## [New Neuroscience Article on Aphantasia](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/new-neuroscience-article-on-aphantasia/86383)
**Author:** [@iOSDeveloper](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/iOSDeveloper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/new-neuroscience-article-on-aphantasia/86383 "2023-09-10T10:53:22Z")
“Our results indicate that the performance of people with aphantasia is equivalent to other groups in terms of perception and the ability to associate a concept with its representation,” Liu comments. “With one exceptio… --- ## [Memory Palace and Aphantasia](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/memory-palace-and-aphantasia/32004)
**Author:** [@Lucasfr](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Lucasfr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/memory-palace-and-aphantasia/32004 "2022-07-23T21:47:40Z")
Hello i’m new in this forum and i need discussion about the inability to make mental images, and not only that, i can’t make smell or feel physical, in other words my visualization is bad(and my english too, i’m from Bra… --- ## [Do i have aphantasia?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/do-i-have-aphantasia/68048)
**Author:** [@Sanyam9879](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Sanyam9879)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/do-i-have-aphantasia/68048 "2021-10-19T16:13:54Z")
Well hey everyone So… The thing i have been researching on the memory techniques for quite some time now And i did put it to some use Like Making 15palaces with 150locations each Assigning pao for 00-99 Created me… --- ## [Aphantasia Video: Living without Mental Imagery (Wired)](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-video-living-without-mental-imagery-wired/67130)
**Author:** [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-video-living-without-mental-imagery-wired/67130 "2021-09-20T19:51:17Z")
Here’s an interesting video about aphantasia. --- ## [What Do You Think About Hyperphantasia?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-hyperphantasia/47572)
**Author:** [@anon\_bot](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/anon_bot)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-hyperphantasia/47572 "2021-07-23T16:02:53Z")
What do you think about hyperphantasia? Which items on these checklists apply to you? Visual - Picture an apple on a plate. What color is the apple? Red What variety is the apple? (Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Macin… --- ## [Aphantasia Explained](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-explained/64008)
**Author:** [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aphantasia-explained/64008 "2021-06-20T23:02:52Z")
Some people, when asked to form an image, will report they cannot “see” anything. This recently-identified variation of human experience was named in 2015 as aphantasia. It is estimated that 2% to 5% of the population h… --- ## [Chaos Walking - sneak peak into minds of non aphants](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/chaos-walking-sneak-peak-into-minds-of-non-aphants/64035)
**Author:** [@tusharvjoshi](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tusharvjoshi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/chaos-walking-sneak-peak-into-minds-of-non-aphants/64035 "2021-06-16T04:48:41Z")
After watching Chaos Walking it felt like visualisation of what people without Aphantasia may be seeing in their mind’s eye. This was like rubbing salt into our wounds as aphants. For anyone who is able to watch this m… --- ## ["Brain Connections Mean Some People Lack Visual Imagery"](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/brain-connections-mean-some-people-lack-visual-imagery/63938)
**Author:** [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/brain-connections-mean-some-people-lack-visual-imagery/63938 "2021-06-12T05:48:41Z")
Summary: People with hyperphantasia, the ability to visualize vividly, have stronger connections between their visual brain network and decision-making networks. By contrast, those with aphantasia, an inability to visual… --- ## [Using auditory imagery instead of visual?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/using-auditory-imagery-instead-of-visual/62310)
**Author:** [@meepster](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/meepster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/using-auditory-imagery-instead-of-visual/62310 "2021-04-30T15:44:15Z")
So, I have aphantasia, but only as pertains to visual imagery. I can “hear” things very clearly in my mind, and can easily retain auditory memories. I can easily “play” a piece of music in my mind from start to finish.… --- ## [Mind Map concept not working for me for retention](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/mind-map-concept-not-working-for-me-for-retention/60675)
**Author:** [@tusharvjoshi](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tusharvjoshi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/mind-map-concept-not-working-for-me-for-retention/60675 "2021-04-20T15:38:55Z")
I learned about mind maps around year 1993 from books written by Tony Buzan. I must have tried creating some mind maps that time as well as many times in the years which have gone in between. My observation was that the… --- ## [I finally found my advantage in memory sport](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/i-finally-found-my-advantage-in-memory-sport/53271)
**Author:** [@fogelmemory](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/fogelmemory)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/i-finally-found-my-advantage-in-memory-sport/53271 "2020-07-16T16:11:43Z")
I cannot see mental images in my mind and because of that it is very hard for me to use memory palace. but always when im playing in memory league after few games people tell me that they cant play anymore cards or numbe… --- ## [Mental imagery might depend on how "excitable" your neurons are](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/mental-imagery-might-depend-on-how-excitable-your-neurons-are/50443)
**Author:** [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/mental-imagery-might-depend-on-how-excitable-your-neurons-are/50443 "2020-05-08T08:25:27Z")
Summary: The strength of a person’s mental imagery is associated with excitability in the prefrontal cortex and visual cortex. Highly excitable neurons in the visual cortex may reduce a person’s ability to imagine menta… [Next page](https://forum.artofmemory.com/tag/aphantasia/38.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=aphantasia)