I ain't afraid of no ghosts: people with mind-blindness not so easily spooked
The link between mental imagery and emotions may be closer than we thought. It turns out seeing really is believing when it comes to scary stories. Photo: Unsplash. People with aphantasia – that is, the inability to visualise mental images – are harder to spook with scary stories, a new UNSW Sydney study shows. The study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, tested how aphantasic people reacted to reading distressing scenarios, like being chased by a shark, falling off a cliff, or being in a plane that’s about to crash. The researchers were able to physically measure e...