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Presentation Master's thesis - Eveline Boertjes - Brain & Cognition

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Presentation Master's thesis - Eveline Boertjes - Brain & Cognition

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Individuals with Aphantasia Report Experiencing Multiple Sensory Modalities During Dreaming 
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This study systematically examined the composition of dreams in 12 individuals with aphantasia and 26 control participants. Using a structured seven-day dream diary in the home environment, the prevalence of five sensory modalities (vision, sound, touch, smell, and taste) was assessed in sensory dreams. The Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire was used to measure mental imagery in participants and allocate them to either the aphantasia or control group. Both groups reported sensory modalities during dreaming. Vision was found to be the most prevalent sensory modality experienced in dreams by both groups, occurring in 20.45% of sensory dreams in aphantasics, and in 50.19% of dreams in controls. However, no statistical differences were observed in the prevalence of the five sensory modalities between aphantasics and controls. Vision and sound emerged as the most frequently reported co-occurring sensory modalities in both groups, reported in 30% of multisensory dreams among aphantasics and in 49% of multisensory dreams among controls. This supports the expectation that vision and sound would be the most frequently reported multisensory combination in aphantasics, aligning with previous research on the general population. It is remarkable that the combination of vision, sound, and touch occurred at the same frequency (30%) in aphantasics. No significant group differences were observed in the composition of multisensory combinations between the two groups, suggesting that individuals with aphantasia experience multiple sensory modalities during dreaming comparable to those without aphantasia.