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Yes, that is what the experience of most people is like without aphantasia. I can even, for like a second, see a fully formed picture in my mind, like a scene f
by cercatrova 6y ago
Yes, that is what the experience of most people is like without aphantasia. I can even, for like a second, see a fully formed picture in my mind, like a scene from a sci-fi movie, or anything else, really, although it can disappear if I don't focus on the exact details. I can see everything, the shapes, the layout, colors, all of it. It really is like playing a movie in your mind.
- ip26 6y agoPicture a soccer ball in your mind. Can you now count the black hexagons in view, or do you have to decide how many there are first? (Ok, now did you notice that they aren't actually hexagons, they are pentagons?)
- cercatrova 6y agoSure, I can count them. I can make them hexagons or pentagons at will when I think about them. It does take some time however to remember what a soccer ball actually looks like but after that I can see every details of it.
- m3kw9 6y agoHow do I know how detailed you are experiencing a mental picture? Can you imagine a detailed map and follow a street from one place to another in precise detail? Or is it an approximation
- cercatrova 6y agoYes, it's pretty accurate. Interestingly, this can be used as a memory technique, the method of loci, also known as the memory palace. You imagine a path such as from your house to the grocery store, and you place items on that path to remember them. For example, a large fish cresting out of the sidewalk might remind you to buy fish at the grocer.