Having a visual imagination or inner voice is something everyone has, right? If you do, don’t take it for granted because some people are born without them! Only as recently as 2015 has the term “aphantasia” been coined to denote the lack of an inner visual imagination or voice.

Derek Arnold, Professor of the School of Psychology and Faculty of Health at the University of Queensland, joined us this morning to explain what aphantasia is and how it can impact people’s lives.