Does progressive aphantasia exist? The hypothetical role of aphantasia in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases

Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Nov 18:45:e299. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21002375.

Abstract

Aphantasia is a heterogeneous neuropsychological syndrome consisting of the inability to create mental images. We argue that its progressive form may be a harbinger of dementia. Aphantasia may manifest as the inability to create any mental images or to create complex scenes, inability to spontaneously initiate generation of mental images, and/or inability to visualize a sequence of events.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases* / diagnosis