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Some people can't see mental images
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petalmind
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30 Oct 25 17:45 UTC
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I’ve read tons of these and still have no idea if I have aphantasia or not. I can’t understand whether people just have different ways of describing what’s in their minds eye or if there’s really a fundamental difference.
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There's no diagnostic test for it. So is it real?
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"Quantifying Aphantasia through drawing: Those without visual imagery show deficits in object but not spatial memory"
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7856239/
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