{
  "id": 16801347,
  "title": "Dissociable episodic memory performance and subjective experience across the aphantasia imagery spectrum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/dissociable-episodic-memory-performance-and-subjective-experience",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.22.761078v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mental imagery is often assumed to support episodic memory, yet whether this relationship depends on conscious access to imagery, and how reduced imagery differs from total aphantasia, remains unclear. The present study compared objective episodic memory performance, subjective trial-by-trial vividness, confidence, and response times in people reporting normal imagery, reduced imagery, or total…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}