Behavioural Sciences

Some people have no visual imagery. Here's why

An apple is seen on a tree at an orchard, near Grojec August 4, 2014. Moscow announced its ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland on Wednesday following the European Union's decision to impose sanctions targeting Russia's banking, oil and defence sectors because of the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine. Poland is the world's largest exporter of apples with more than two-thirds of them going to Russia. The statistics office put the value of Poland's apple exports to Russia last year at 273 million euros ($366 million). REUTERS/Filip Klimaszewski (POLAND - Tags: AGRICULTURE POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1EA841NWV01

The idea some people are born wholly unable to imagine is not new. Image: REUTERS/Filip Klimaszewski

Rebecca Keogh
Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, UNSW
Joel Pearson
Associate professor, UNSW
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