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- The former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios says he has a "blind mind's eye". Most people can close their eyes and conjure up images inside their head such as counting sheep or imagining the face of a loved one. But Ed Catmull, 74, has the condition aphantasia, in which people cannot visualise mental images at all.
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Apr 8, 2019 · But Ed Catmull, 74, has the condition aphantasia, in which people cannot visualise mental images at all. And in a surprising survey of his former employees, so do some of the world's best...
- A Life Without Mental Images
Yet he does not see aphantasia as a disability, but simply a...
- A Life Without Mental Images
Aphantasia: Ex-Pixar chief Ed Catmull says 'my mind's eye is blind'. This is so amazing to me. I have been struggling being creative lately, wondering if it's even possible. This article gives me hope! And in a surprising survey of his former employees, so do some of the world's best animators.
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- What About Learning with Aphantasia?
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- The Surprising Advantage of Aphantasia
- Limitations of Learning with Aphantasia
- Could Dual Coding Theory Help Explain How Aphants Learn?
- Learning to Learn with Aphantasia
Think back to your favourite childhood book. What made it so memorable? Chances are, it was the vivid illustrations that brought the story to life in your mind. That’s the power of visual imagery, and it’s not just for children’s books – it’s a valuable tool for learning at any age. When we learn something new, we often use our visual imagination t...
Scientists have known that some people can’t visualize things in their mind’s eye since the 1880s. Yet, the term “aphantasia,” used to describe the absence of visual imagery and other mental imagery sense modalities more broadly, was only recently coined in 2015. Since aphantasia has entered the public lexicon, it has spurred widespread debate arou...
Devising alternative learning strategies for aphantasics sounds like a pretty straightforward plan. There’s just one problem… How do we design alternative learning strategies if we don’t yet know how someone with aphantasia actually learns? Or better yet, if aphantasia actually impinges on the ability to learn. Neurologist Adam Zemanof the Universi...
Mental rotation tasks involve rotating mental representations of objects in your mind. Practically, mental rotationis involved in spatial reasoning and problem-solving. It is a skill we all use when we are trying to interpret which direction a map indicates we should turn, when we try to determine if an additional piece of luggage will fit into a f...
This is just one example of a potential advantage of learning with aphantasia. While it provides evidence to support the notion that aphantasia is not a learning disability in and of itself, it’s important to acknowledge some of the limitations of learning without visualization. The scientific literature makes it abundantly clear that mental imager...
According to dual coding theory, put forward by Allan Paivio of the University of Western Ontario in 1971, information is stored in two different ways – verbally and visually. Dual coding theory suggests that these two ways of storing information operate independently of each other but that they can also interact to enhance learning and memory pote...
Our wide-ranging experiences and neurodifferences lead to alternative ways of learning things. There’s no right or wrong, good or bad way to learn something, just different. The more aphantasics understand how their thinking and thought processes differ, the more likely they are to identify alternative strategies that work for their unique learning...
Mar 27, 2024 · Early contacts included Ed Catmull, the president of Pixar Disney, and Blake Ross, co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox internet browser, who described the moment he identified his aphantasia in a...
Jun 21, 2021 · Glen Keane, the Oscar-winning artist behind such Disney classics as The Little Mermaid (1989), was once described by Ed Catmull the former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Studios as “one of...
BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind talks about Aphantasia and the recent Extreme Imagination conference - includes interviews with attendees, Professor Adam Zeman, Ed Catmull and Professor Joel Pearson (4:40-17:40) podcasts.apple. 6 comments.
Feb 27, 2023 · Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean ...
