Quantifying aphantasia through drawing: Those without visual imagery show deficits in object but not spatial memory

Bainbridge, Wilma A., Pounder, Zoë, Eardley, Alison F., Baker, Chris I.·2021·Cortex
DOI 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.11.014

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