Aphantasia, dysikonesia, anauralia: call for a single term for the lack of mental imagery-Commentary on Dance et al. (2021) and Hinwar and Lambert (2021).


Journal

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior
ISSN: 1973-8102
Titre abrégé: Cortex
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 0100725

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 2022
Historique:
received: 01 02 2022
revised: 10 02 2022
accepted: 10 02 2022
pubmed: 23 3 2022
medline: 3 5 2022
entrez: 22 3 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Recently, the term 'aphantasia' has become current in scientific and public discourse to denote the absence of mental imagery. However, new terms for aphantasia or its subgroups have recently been proposed, e.g., 'dysikonesia' or 'anauralia', which complicates the literature, research communication and understanding for the general public. Before further terms emerge, we advocate the consistent use of the term 'aphantasia' as it can be used flexibly and precisely, and is already widely known in the scientific community and among the general public.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35314076
pii: S0010-9452(22)00041-7
doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.02.002
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Comment

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

149-152

Commentaires et corrections

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Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest None.

Auteurs

Merlin Monzel (M)

Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: merlin.monzel@uni-bonn-diff.de.

David Mitchell (D)

Faculty of Philosophy, New College of the Humanities, London, UK.

Fiona Macpherson (F)

Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow, UK.

Joel Pearson (J)

School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Adam Zeman (A)

Cognitive Neurology Research Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.

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