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Windows to the soul: Pupils reveal 'aphantasia', the absence of visual imagination

20 Apr 2022

Picture this, if you will: Aphantasia can be detected with an eye-opening look into our pupils.

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I ain't afraid of no ghosts: people with mind-blindness not so easily spooked

10 Mar 2021

The link between mental imagery and emotions may be closer than we thought.

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Hallucinations induced in lab could be key to better understanding and treatment

15 Dec 2020

Neuroscientists say the best way to study hallucinations is via lab models where they can be induced in anyone, anytime.

Life, the universe and everything: some of our most-read science stories of 2020

08 Dec 2020

The most-read stories of 2020 take us from the depths of the mind to the edges of the universe.

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Can't get you outta my head: neuroscience study finds 'hidden' thoughts in visual part of brain

21 Sep 2020

Why is it so hard to control our thoughts? New research led by UNSW Sydney shows suppressed thoughts could be hiding in the visual part of our brains – without us even knowing.

Being 'mind-blind' may make remembering, dreaming and imagining harder, study finds

23 Jun 2020

Aphantasia – being blind in the mind’s eye – may be linked to more cognitive functions than previously thought, new research from UNSW Sydney shows.

Is your imagination strong, fuzzy or non-existent?

How strong is your mental imagery? It might depend on how 'excitable' your neurons are

06 May 2020

Highly excitable brain neurons in the visual cortex may reduce a person’s ability to visualise things clearly, neuroscience study finds.

Don’t even think about it: why thought control is so difficult

30 Apr 2019

UNSW psychology researchers have found evidence that controlling one’s own thinking can be thwarted by thoughts we do not even know are there.

Future Minds Lab investigates the thinking that will change how we work

15 Mar 2019

The new UNSW project will use cutting edge neuroscience to advise how businesses can thrive in a world of constant technological change.

Our brains reveal our choices before we’re even aware of them: study

06 Mar 2019

We like to think that we are in the driver’s seat when it comes to the choice and strength of our everyday thoughts, but new research from UNSW suggests they might be more automatic and unconscious than we think.

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