A New Scientist journalist with aphantasia (inability to create mental images) completed training to develop visual imagery, raising questions about whether this neurological trait is innate or developable. The article is well-reported and cites real research — Adam Zeman did formally identify aphantasia in 2010, roughly 4% of people have complete aphantasia, and neuroscience confirms that vision and imagination use overlapping brain regions. What remains uncertain is whether individual 'breakthroughs' reported by trainers reflect genuine neuroplasticity or are artifacts of subjective self-assessment — a limitation the article itself acknowledges.