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 '''Aphantasia is a condition characterized by the inability to generate on-demand visual mental images.'''
-=== Occurence ===
+=== Prevelenace ===
-People often don't realize they have it until they try psychedelics, and it's not a disability or medical condition. Around 0.8% of the population was unable to form visual mental images, and 3.9% of the population are either unable to form mental images or have dim or vague mental imagery<ref>'''The prevalence of aphantasia (imagery weakness) in the general population'''. Journal of Consciousness and Cognition. 97: 103243. Dance CJ, Ipser A, Simner J (January 2022). doi:10.1016/j.concog.2021.103243. <nowiki>PMID 34872033</nowiki>. S2CID 244837117.</ref>.
+People often don't realize they are aphantasic until they try [[psychedelics]] where they are supposed to see imagery which is often absent. One study estimates taht around 0.8% of the population is unable to form visual mental images, and 3.9% of the population are either unable to form mental images or have dim or vague mental imagery<ref>'''The prevalence of aphantasia (imagery weakness) in the general population'''. Journal of Consciousness and Cognition. 97: 103243. Dance CJ, Ipser A, Simner J (January 2022). doi:10.1016/j.concog.2021.103243. <nowiki>PMID 34872033</nowiki>. S2CID 244837117.</ref>.
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