Test d'aphantasie (VVIQ)

Ce que ça mesure

This self-check estimates how vivid your visual mental imagery is, often called your "mind's eye." It uses the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ), the most widely used measure of imagery vividness in aphantasia research. People sit on a wide spectrum: some see almost photographic mental pictures (hyperphantasia), most see moderately clear images, and a small number see little or nothing at all (aphantasia) while still thinking and remembering perfectly well.

Comment ça marche

You picture four everyday scenes, a friend or relative, a rising sun, a familiar shop, and a country landscape, and rate each scene on four details using one 1-to-5 scale, where 1 means "no image at all, you only know you are thinking of it" and 5 means "perfectly clear and as vivid as normal vision." Your 16 ratings are added together for a total from 16 to 80. Higher totals mean more vivid imagery. The total is mapped to a band: roughly 16-23 suggests aphantasia, 24-48 below-average vividness, 49-64 typical, and 65-80 hyperphantasia.

Conseils pour un résultat fiable

• 1Be honest, not aspirational — There are no good or bad answers. Aphantasia and hyperphantasia are both normal variations, so rate what you actually experience.
• 2Do not strain — If no picture comes, that is a valid answer (a 1). Forcing it does not change your underlying imagery.
• 3Mood and tiredness matter — Vividness can dip when you are tired or stressed, so retake it another day if your result surprises you.