{
  "assessmentTests": {
    "aphantasia_test": {
      "name": "Aphantasia Test",
      "desc": "Can you actually picture things in your mind's eye — or do you just 'know' them without seeing? 12 quick imagery scenes measure how vivid your visual imagination is, from aphantasia (no mental imagery) through to hyperphantasia (photo-vivid). A self-reflection screen inspired by the VVIQ, not a clinical diagnosis.",
      "recommendation": "For each scene, close your eyes for a second and actually try to picture it before you answer. Rate the image you really get — not the one you think you should get. There are no right answers; people genuinely vary from a totally blank mind's eye to picture-perfect imagery.",
      "questions": [
        {
          "question": "Picture the face of a close friend or family member. How vivid is the image you see in your mind?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear and lifelike — as vivid as actually seeing them", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear, with real features and colour, though I know it's in my mind", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint and vague — more a sense of them than a real picture", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No image at all — I only know who they are, I don't 'see' them", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Imagine the sun rising over a landscape — the sky changing colour. How clearly can you see it?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear and lifelike — as vivid as actually seeing it", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear and colourful, but I know it's in my mind", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint and vague — more a sense than a real picture", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No picture at all — I only know what a sunrise is", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Picture a bright red apple sitting on a table. How vivid is its colour and shape in your mind?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can 'see' the exact red, shine and shadow", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear, with colour and form, but I know I'm imagining it", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — I get a rough sense of 'apple' but no real colour", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "Nothing visual — I just know the concept of a red apple", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Imagine a flag flapping in a strong wind. How clearly can you see it moving?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can see it ripple and snap in motion", "desc": "Vivid motion" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear movement, though I know it's imagined", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — I sense the idea of movement more than see it", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No image at all — I only know what a waving flag is", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Picture someone you know well walking toward you, their expression changing as they get closer. How vivid is it?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can see their face and expression shift", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear enough, with features and expression, but clearly imagined", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — a vague sense of a person, no real detail", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No image — I know the scenario but see nothing", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Bring to mind the room you spent the most time in as a child. How clearly can you 'look around' it?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can see the layout, light and objects vividly", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear, with real detail, though I know it's a memory-image", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — I remember facts about it but barely 'see' it", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No picture — I know the room existed but can't visualise it", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Picture your favourite mug or cup — its colour, size and shape. How vivid is the image?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can see its exact colour, handle and chips", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear, with colour and form, but I know it's imagined", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — a rough shape with little colour or detail", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "Nothing visual — I just know which mug I mean", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Imagine pouring water from a jug into a glass until it's full. How clearly do you see the water move?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I see the stream, the swirl and the rising level", "desc": "Vivid motion" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear movement, though I know I'm imagining it", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — I sense the action more than see it", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No image — I understand the action but see nothing", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Picture the face of a famous person you've never met in real life. How vivid is the image?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — almost like a photo in my mind", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear features, but I know it's in my imagination", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — I half-recall what they look like, no clear picture", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No image — I know who they are but can't 'see' the face", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Imagine standing on a beach: waves rolling in, sky above, sand underfoot. How clearly can you picture the scene?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can see the colours, depth and movement", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear and colourful, but I know it's imagined", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — a vague beachy impression, little real detail", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No picture — I know what a beach is but see nothing", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Picture a rainbow arching across the sky, with all its colours in order. How vivid are the colours?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can see each distinct band of colour", "desc": "Picture-vivid" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear colours, though I know I'm imagining them", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — I know the colour order but barely 'see' them", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No image — I can list the colours but see nothing", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Imagine a ball bouncing across the floor and changing direction when it hits a wall. How clearly do you see the motion?",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "✨", "label": "Perfectly clear — I can track the whole bouncing path", "desc": "Vivid motion" },
            { "icon": "🎨", "label": "Clear movement, but I know it's imagined", "desc": "Clearly imagined" },
            { "icon": "🌫️", "label": "Faint — I sense the bouncing more than see it", "desc": "Dim impression" },
            { "icon": "🌑", "label": "No image — I understand the physics but see nothing", "desc": "No image" }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "results": {
        "aphantasic": {
          "name": "Aphantasia — A Blind Mind's Eye",
          "desc": "Your answers point to aphantasia: little or no voluntary visual imagery. When you try to 'picture' a face, a sunset or a red apple, you know all the facts about it — but you don't actually see anything on an inner screen. You're in good company: roughly 1–4% of people experience the world this way, and the trait was only formally named by neuroscientist Adam Zeman's team in 2015. Aphantasia is a normal variation in human cognition, not a disorder or a deficit — many people with it have strong memories, rich conceptual thought, and successful careers (Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull and Mozilla/Firefox creator Blake Ross are well-known examples). This is a self-reflection screen inspired by the VVIQ, not a clinical diagnosis.",
          "recommendation": "If this is news to you, the most common reaction is relief — finally a word for it. You may find you think more in concepts, words, facts or spatial relationships than in pictures, and that's a genuine cognitive style with real strengths (less intrusive imagery, often less rumination on distressing visual memories). Lean into verbal, logical and list-based strategies for memory and planning rather than 'visualise your goal' advice. If you also have no inner imagery for sound, touch or imagination generally, that's called multisensory aphantasia — still a variation, not a problem to fix."
        },
        "faint": {
          "name": "Hypophantasia — A Faint Mind's Eye",
          "desc": "Your answers suggest hypophantasia: your visual imagery is real but dim, vague or effortful. You can conjure a rough impression of a face or a scene, but it's more of a fleeting sketch than a clear picture, and it may fade as soon as you reach for detail. This sits on the lower-vividness end of a completely normal spectrum — mental imagery varies enormously from person to person, and a faint mind's eye is just one valid point on that range. It often comes with strong conceptual or verbal thinking. This is a self-reflection snapshot inspired by the VVIQ, not a diagnosis.",
          "recommendation": "You can often boost the vividness you do have with practice: try 'priming' an image by first looking at the real thing, then closing your eyes and rebuilding it piece by piece. Memory techniques that lean on words, stories and structure will usually serve you better than pure visualisation. And don't assume everyone sees vivid pictures — many high-functioning people share your faint-imagery style and never knew there was a name for it."
        },
        "vivid": {
          "name": "Typical Visual Imagery — A Working Mind's Eye",
          "desc": "Your answers point to typical, healthy visual imagery — the most common pattern. When you picture a friend's face, a sunrise or a bouncing ball, you get a clear image with colour, form and a sense of movement, while still knowing it's 'in your head' rather than real. This is the everyday mind's eye most people rely on for daydreaming, planning, remembering and imagining. There's a wide normal band here, and you sit comfortably within it. This is a self-reflection result inspired by the VVIQ, not a clinical measure.",
          "recommendation": "Your imagery is a versatile tool — you can use visualisation for memory (the 'memory palace' technique), for rehearsing skills mentally, and for creative problem-solving. If you're curious, try noticing whether your imagery is stronger for some domains than others (faces vs places vs motion) — most people have an uneven profile. And remember that people at both extremes of this spectrum — no imagery and photo-vivid imagery — are living full, capable lives too; vividness is a style, not a measure of imagination's worth."
        },
        "hyperphantasic": {
          "name": "Hyperphantasia — Picture-Perfect Imagination",
          "desc": "Your answers point to hyperphantasia: imagery so vivid it can feel almost as real as seeing. You picture faces, scenes and motion in rich, photo-like detail, with full colour and depth, often without much effort. This is the high-vividness end of the spectrum, experienced by an estimated 3% or so of people, and like aphantasia it's a normal variation rather than a disorder. Hyperphantasia often goes hand in hand with vivid daydreaming, strong autobiographical memory, and creative or artistic strengths — though extremely vivid imagery can also make distressing memories or worries feel more intense. This is a self-reflection screen inspired by the VVIQ, not a diagnosis.",
          "recommendation": "Your vivid mind's eye is a real asset for creativity, design, storytelling and mental rehearsal — make use of it deliberately. The flip side is that vivid imagery can amplify anxiety, intrusive images or rumination; if that ever happens, grounding techniques and shifting to verbal/analytical thinking can turn the volume down. You may also find immersive imagination (books over films, rich inner fantasy) especially rewarding. Either way, your way of 'seeing' is one striking end of the human imagery spectrum."
        }
      },
      "retakePrompt": {
        "lastResult": "Last time, your mind's-eye vividness came out as {{archetype}}.",
        "evolvedHint": "Imagery vividness is fairly stable, but it can shift with tiredness, mood or how hard you concentrate. If a different band surfaces on a retake, you were probably just trying harder (or less hard) to picture each scene.",
        "retakeButton": "Take the test again"
      }
    }
  }
}