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ArticleNeuropsychologia2026

The aphantasia-hyperphantasia spectrum.

Bence Nanay

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Article in Neuropsychologia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Bence NanayCentre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp, D 413, Grote Kauwenberg 18, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: bence.nanay@uantwerpen.be.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research into imagery vividness in recent year has been predominantly about the difference between aphantasics and the rest of us (or, more rarely, between hyperphantasics and the rest of us). But differences in imagery vividness have great impact on a number of important psychological phenomena in non-aphantasics as well. Hence, instead of the binary focus on aphantasics vs. the rest of us, more attention should be devoted to how differences along the aphantasia-hyperphantasia spectrum correspond to other gradual differences, in decision-making, emotion-regulation, cravings, mental health issues and so on.

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Emotional RegulationImaginationDecision MakingHumansAphantasiaHyperphantasiaMental imagery

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PMID41061845
PMCPMC12706143

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