(A)phantasia and severely deficient autobiographical memory: scientific and personal perspectives

Watkins, Nicholas W. ORCID: 0000-0003-4484-6588 (2018) (A)phantasia and severely deficient autobiographical memory: scientific and personal perspectives. Cortex, 105. pp. 41-52. ISSN 0010-9452

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Abstract

I address two interlinked aspects of the diversity in our experiences of memory and the mind's eye. I summarise the long-appreciated role of imagery in mathematics and the physical sciences, and contrast it with the evidence that some scientists have had limited or zero imagery. I then recount the story of how I became aware of my own lack of mental imagery, and the accompanying deficit in my episodic memory, how I have sought scientific understanding of these conditions, and how they have affected my life.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0010...
Additional Information:	© 2018 Elsevier
Divisions:	Centre for Analysis of Time Series
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2018 14:17
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2025 06:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90427

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