Atanley Paul Abiodun

The Mind’s Eye: Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia

When you read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, can you vividly picture the Queen’s chaotic croquet game? Do you see the ridges and furrows of the grass, the curled-up hedgehogs rolling as balls, and the flamingos bending as mallets? Perhaps you can even make out the fine details—the sharpness of the hedgehog’s quills or the furious flush of the Queen’s face. But what if you saw nothing at all?