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Aphantasia avant le nom: perspectivas históricas sobre la ausencia o pérdida de imágenes visuales
1Department of Translational Neuroscience & Stroke, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Neuropsychologia
|August 22, 2025
Resumen
La afantasia, la incapacidad de visualizar imágenes mentales, ha sido descrita por más de un siglo, antes del término
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia
- Psicología
Sus antecedentes:
- La afantasia implica la ausencia congénita o la pérdida adquirida de imágenes mentales visuales.
- El término "aphantasia" fue introducido en 2015.
- La literatura anterior describió condiciones similares antes de que se acuñara el término.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Revisar la literatura científica histórica para los casos de ausencia o pérdida de imágenes visuales.
- Establecer una base epistémica para la identificación de la afantasia en los registros históricos.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó una revisión narrativa de la literatura científica.
- La revisión se centró en los casos notificados antes de la introducción formal del término "afantasia".
Principales resultados:
- Se identificaron ejemplos consistentes con la afantasia, tanto congénitas como adquiridas, en la literatura histórica.
- Estos relatos históricos se remontan a finales del siglo XIX.
Conclusiones:
- El fenómeno que define la afantasia ha sido documentado por más de 100 años.
- Los datos históricos apoyan la identificación y el diagnóstico retrospectivos de la afantasia.
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