Here is a summary of the Extreme Imagination Conference 2019 The world’s first conference for people with ‘extreme imagination’ took place at the University of Exeter, UK, on 5 – 7 April 2019.The event was a great success – thanks to all those who organised, contributed, and participated.Documentation of the proceedings are assembled below. Recordings of the presentations Recording: Professor Adam Zeman – Phantasia: the psychological significance of visual imagery extremes Recording: Professor Joel Pearson – The cognitive neuroscience of mental imagery Recording: Dr Crawford Winlove – The Neural Basis of Visual Imagery Recording: Extreme Imagination Artists’ Panel (audio only) Extreme Imagination artists Isabel Nolan, Michael Chance, Kirsten Baron, Dominic Mason, and Andrew Bracey discuss their work with curators Susan Aldworth and Dr Matthew MacKisack. Recording: Q&A session with the Extreme Imagination speakers Recording: Professor John Onians – Neural Deficits as Assets: Life as a Colour-Blind Art Historian Recording: Professor Emily Holmes – Mental Imagery and Emotion: Psychology from lab to clinic Recording: Professor Fiona Macpherson – What is it Like to Have Visual Imagery? Recording: Closing remarks and next steps Workshops Learning – Kathryn Bates and Lizzy Booth Image Drawing – Michael Chance Document Slideshow of the Drawing workshop organised by Michael Chance for the Extreme Imagination Conference 2019 (1.33 MB / PDF) Creative Writing – Dustin Grinnell Document Slideshow of the Creative Writing workshop organised by Dustin Grinnell for the Extreme Imagination Conference 2019 (636.79 KB / PDF) How to Write with Aphantasia (Article) Therapy – Nili Sigal Document Slides of the Therapy workshop at the Extreme Imagination Conference 2019 (1.59 MB / PDF) This article was published on 2025-09-10
