Resources for researchers

Aphantasia Tests

We have listed all the main tests used to test for aphantasia in research on this page.

Bibliography

Our lab papers

Monzel, M., Dance, C., Azañón, E., & Simner, J. (2023). Aphantasia within the framework of neurodivergence: Some preliminary data and the curse of the confidence gap. Consciousness and Cognition, 115, 103567.

Simner, J., & Dance, C. (2022). Dysikonesia or Aphantasia? Understanding the impact and history of names. A reply to Monzel et al.(2022).

Dance, C. J., Jaquiery, M., Eagleman, D. M., Porteous, D., Zeman, A., & Simner, J. (2021). What is the relationship between aphantasia, synaesthesia and autism?. Consciousness and cognition, 89, 103087.

Dance, C. J., Hole, G., & Simner, J. (2023). The role of visual imagery in face recognition and the construction of facial composites. Evidence from Aphantasia. Cortex, 167, 318-334.

Dance, C. J., Ward, J., & Simner, J. (2021). What is the link between mental imagery and sensory sensitivity? Insights from aphantasia. Perception, 50(9), 757-782.

Cabbai, G., Dance, C., Dienes, Z., Simner, J., Forster, S., & Lush, P. (2024). Investigating relationships between trait visual imagery and phenomenological control: the role of context effects. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1).

Other Key papers

Marks, D. F. (1973). Visual imagery differences in the recall of pictures. British journal of Psychology, 64(1), 17-24.

Andrade, J., May, J., Deeprose, C., Baugh, S. J., & Ganis, G. (2014). Assessing vividness of mental imagery: The Plymouth sensory imagery questionnaire. British Journal of Psychology, 105(4), 547-563.

Willander, J., & Baraldi, S. (2010). Development of a new clarity of auditory imagery scale. Behavior research methods, 42, 785-790.

Zeman, A. (2024). Aphantasia and hyperphantasia: exploring imagery vividness extremes. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(5), 467-480.

Zeman, A., Dewar, M., & Della Sala, S. (2015). Lives without imagery–Congenital aphantasia. Cortex, 73, 378-380.

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