<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear all,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are delighted to announce the Call for Abstracts for the first ever <b>IRCA Conference</b> on Aphantasia, devoted to <b>interdisciplinary perspectives on Aphantasia.</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The conference is going to take place on </span>2–4 september 2026, in<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="color:black"><b></b></span>Glasgow, UK. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Aphantasia is a phenomenon in which people report having no mental imagery, typically visual mental imagery. This 3-day interdisciplinary event will bring together researchers from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and related fields to discuss, collaborate, and advance our understanding of aphantasia.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We warmly invite you to submit an abstract before <b>17/04/2026 for talks or posters.</b> </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">You may </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">submit your abstract here: </span><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/irca-conference-2026/call-for-abstracts" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/irca-conference-2026/call-for-abstracts</a></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Confirmed keynotes are:  </b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none">Adam Zeman (</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none">Univeristy of Exeter)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black"></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Lars Muckli (</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">University of Glasgow)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none">Jorge Morales (</span><span style="color:black"></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none">Duke University)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Wilma Bainbirdge (</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none">University of Chicago)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33);vertical-align:baseline">Andrea Bl</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none;vertical-align:baseline">omkvist (</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">University of Glasgow)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">In this conference, we will bring together researchers who address this broad question from various angles such as </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:none;text-decoration-line:inherit">cognitive and perceptual processes; r</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:none;text-decoration-line:inherit">epresentational and metacognitive approaches; n</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:none;text-decoration-line:inherit">eural and methodological approaches; d</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:none;text-decoration-line:inherit">evelopmental, clinical, and mental health perspectives; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:none;text-decoration-line:inherit">Philosophical and theoretical questions.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:none;text-decoration-line:inherit"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We very much hope to see you in Glasgow!</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">On behalf of the organisation committee : </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jianghao Liu (IRCA, Paris brain institute)</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Christian O. Scholz (IRCA, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Andrea Blomkvist (Local Organizer, University of Glasgow)</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i>Best regards / Cordialement,</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jianghao
Liu</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ph.D, researcher in cognitive neuroscience</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paris Brain
Institute • Institut du Cerveau, France</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cognitive neuroimaging unit, NeuroSpin Center</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://jianghao-liu.github.io/irca/" target="_blank">IRCA </a>(Interdisciplinary Reading Club of Aphantasia)<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Follow me: <a href="https://jianghao-liu.github.io/" target="_blank">My website</a>  <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yt7plBQAAAAJ&hl=en" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Google scholar</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">  <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jianghaoliu.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky </a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div></div></div>