Alex Rosenthal
Editorial director at TED and speaker on aphantasia, discussing the absence of the mind's eye and the spectrum of mental imagery experiences.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 50min
How does your brain perceive the world?
Francesca Hoagie, a relationship coach who teaches flirting as a skill, John Wixted, a memory researcher who studies eyewitness reliability, and Alex Rosenthal, TED editorial director who speaks about aphantasia. They explore how mental imagery varies, why confident memories can be wrong, and how small social cues shape connection. Short, surprising takes on perception, memory, and everyday chemistry.
