Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling 'drowsy' to 'a complete absence of conscious awareness.' Neuroscientists and philosophers compile what we ...

When we are awake, we seem to experience a continuous stream of sensations, reflections, memories, and impressions that make up our mental life. Yet some people report moments when they think about ...

To top character represents "quiet," the bottom one "solitude." Together the two mean "Tranquility." Source: The author From a psychological point of view, silence is more than the absence of sound.

For many people, thinking comes with a voice. An internal stream of words narrates our day: planning dinner, rehearsing conversations, reflecting on decisions. This phenomenon (commonly referred to as ...

Words are powerful things. In 2015, with the help of a friend versed in the classics and two psychologist collaborators, I coined the term “aphantasia” to refer to the absence of a mind’s eye. We ...

Can you imagine seeing things in your mind? Can you hear an inner voice when you think or read? One of the authors, Loren Bouyer, cannot do any of these things. To Loren the left-hand image looks like ...