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In this episode, we are very excited and fortunate to have a discussion with Adam Zeman. Adam tells us his story about how he was involved in coining the term "aphantasia" and how his research and articles got picked up by the media, resulting in the large interest in this phenomenon that we see today. He shares with us where he falls in all of this including all of his inner senses. We ask him about many things that we have been curious about as well as questions from a number of people from an aphantasia facebook group. These topics include, the VVIQ, early imagery research, aphantasia percentages, SDAM, pupil response, wakeful imagery vs dreaming, links to trauma, and unconscious imagery or "seeing without seeing". He also explains to us an interesting study surrounding "Blind Sight".

You can learn more about Adam and his research below....

Adam Zeman

Honorary Fellow,

Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences,

University of Edinburgh

Honorary Professor of Neurology,

University of Exeter

Webpage: http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?web_id=Adam_Zeman

Email: A.Zeman@exeter.ac.uk

TIME project: http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/time/

The Eye’s Mind: https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/eyesmind/

BNPA: http://www.bnpa.org.uk/

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Here is a link to the apple graph, the nature picture, and the carnival picture. https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/aphantasia

You could be on the podcast with YouPhantasia! Record and submit your input. https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/youphantasia

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Purchase the book, Aphantasia and Beyond, here:
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In this episode we discover how Nikki O'Connor's mind's eye works using the Discovering Your Mind Protocol. Nikki is a Creative Arts Therapist with aphantasia. She shares some very unique experiences such as musical hallucinations and auditory tactile synesthesia. Although she has aphantasia, she ranks very high on the senses of hearing and touch in her mind, which is pretty rare, especially where touch is concerned.

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Here is a link to the apple graph, the nature picture, and the carnival picture. https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/aphantasia

You could be on the podcast with YouPhantasia! Record and submit your input. https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/youphantasia

Join our Discovering Your Mind Facebook group and participate in discussions, questions, and more. https://www.facebook.com/groups/316476481204107/

We appreciate your support! Here are 3 easy ways you can support the show financially:
• Go to https://podcast.discoveringyourmind.com/ and become a monthly donor.
• Make a donation with https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shanesbrain
• Purchase t-shirts and books on https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/

Purchase the book, Aphantasia and Beyond, here:
https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/aphantasia

Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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In this episode Rebecca McHale, Therapeutic Coach, takes us through many interesting topics surrounding aphantasia and therapy, including the internal experience spectrum, modalities, curiosity, validation, trust, language, and flexibility. We also talk about spreading awareness, grieving, trauma, and the feeling of wasted time that some people with aphantasia may experience. We also delve into some of her own personal experiences as an aphantastic person.

Check out Rebecca's free 1 to 1, 5 day Energy Awakening Challenge at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/exhaustedtoempoweredforwomen/

Support the show

Here is a link to the apple graph, the nature picture, and the carnival picture. https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/aphantasia

You could be on the podcast with YouPhantasia! Record and submit your input. https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/youphantasia

Join our Discovering Your Mind Facebook group and participate in discussions, questions, and more. https://www.facebook.com/groups/316476481204107/

We appreciate your support! Here are 3 easy ways you can support the show financially:
• Go to https://podcast.discoveringyourmind.com/ and become a monthly donor.
• Make a donation with https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shanesbrain
• Purchase t-shirts and books on https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/

Purchase the book, Aphantasia and Beyond, here:
https://www.shanesbraindomain.com/aphantasia

Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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