Acta psychologica
Aphantasia modulates immersion experience but not eye fixation patterns during story reading.
Hina Kawaguchi, Vincent Taschereau-Dumouchel, Hakwan Lau, Ali Moharramipour
Published: 202610.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106341
Abstract
Story reading is often accompanied with mental visualization of the described scenes and events. Recent findings indicate that individuals who report not experiencing any visual imagery (a condition called aphantasia), also report being less absorbed…
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