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Nature, Published online: 02 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00626-5 People with aphantasia are offering brain scientists a window into consciousness.
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NATURE PODCAST 02 March 2026 Audio long read: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains? People with aphantasia are offering brain scientists a window into consciousness. By Elizabeth Quill 0 & Benjamin Thompson Elizabeth Quill Elizabeth Quill is an editor for Nature in Washington DC. View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Benjamin Thompson View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the March 2026 long read podcast This is an audio version of our Feature: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains? Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Nature Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube Music or your favourite podcast app. An RSS feed for the Nature Podcast is available too. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00626-5 Related Articles How your brain chemistry rewards hard work The consciousness wars: can scientists ever agree on how the mind works? The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental imagery Insights into embodied cognition and mental imagery from aphantasia Subjects Neuroscience Psychology Brain Sensory systems Latest on: Neuroscience Psychology Brain World-first stem-cell therapy shows promise for treating spina bifida in the womb News 26 FEB 26 Compact deep neural network models of the visual cortex Article 25 FEB 26 Vectorized instructive signals in cortical dendrites Article 25 FEB 26 Neanderthal dad, human mum: study reveals ancient procreation pattern News 26 FEB 26 A roadmap for evaluating moral competence in large language models Perspective 18 FEB 26 What’s behind ‘teensplaining’? Scientists should study this adolescent behaviour Correspondence 17 FEB 26 This compound enhances long-term memory of mice — but only in females News 26 FEB 26 Brains of ‘super agers’ are strong producers of new neurons News 25 F...
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