Visual Imagery and Trauma: A PRISMA-Guided Narrative Review on the Neurocognitive and Psychiatric Implications of Aphantasia in PTSD
European Psychiatry June 1, 2026 N. Northover, S. Kolloju, N. Ibrahim et al.
Introduction Aphantasia, the inability to voluntarily generate mental visual images, may influence emotional processing and memory encoding. While its effects on memory and cognition have been studied, its role in traumatic memory and PTSD remains underexplored. Understanding how aphantasia interacts with PTSD, depression, and social phobia is crucial, underscoring the need for further...