Derek Arnold

Jan 3, 2025 | english.elpais.com | Derek Arnold |Loren N. Bouyer

“Tell a man he shouldn’t think of a pink elephant and he can’t get that beast out of his mind!”This quote, from Curt Siodmak’s 1974 novel City in the Sky, describes how hard it can be to suppress our thoughts. “Don’t think of a pink elephant” has become a classic example of how difficult it can be to intentionally avoid visualizing. Research suggests many of you, having read about a pink elephant, will have imagined seeing one. However, some people, like us, have aphantasia — we cannot visualize.

Dec 2, 2024 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Derek Arnold

¡Dile a un hombre que no debe pensar en un elefante rosa y no podrá quitarse a esa bestia de la cabeza!Esta cita, extraída la novela de Curt Siodmak City in the Sky (1974), describe lo difícil que puede ser reprimir nuestros pensamientos. “No piense en un elefante rosa” se ha convertido en un ejemplo clásico de lo difícil que puede ser evitar intencionadamente la representación de una imagen en nuestra mente.

May 31, 2024 | dailybulletin.com.au | Derek Arnold

Can you imagine hearing yourself speak? A voice inside your head – perhaps reciting a shopping list or a phone number? What would life be like if you couldn’t? Some people, including me, cannot have imagined visual experiences. We cannot close our eyes and conjure an experience of seeing a loved one’s face, or imagine our lounge room layout – to consider if a new piece of furniture might fit in it.

May 29, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Derek Arnold

Can you imagine hearing yourself speak? A voice inside your head—perhaps reciting a shopping list or a phone number? What would life be like if you couldn't? Some people, including me, cannot have imagined visual experiences. We cannot close our eyes and conjure an experience of seeing a loved one's face, or imagine our lounge room layout—to consider if a new piece of furniture might fit in it.

May 28, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Derek Arnold

By Derek Arnold, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Can you imagine hearing yourself speak? A voice inside your head – perhaps reciting a shopping list or a phone number? What would life be like if you couldn’t? Some people, including me, cannot have imagined visual experiences.