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The article says that "dreams are primarily visual". That might be true for most people (and for the researchers), but I'm aphantasic and I don't think I've eve
by scatters 6y ago
The article says that "dreams are primarily visual". That might be true for most people (and for the researchers), but I'm aphantasic and I don't think I've ever had a visual dream. My visual cortex seems to work perfectly fine on waking (though I do find a sunrise alarm clock useful in winter). If this is typical among aphantasics then I don't see how the theory can possibly be correct.
- brianpan 6y agoThe theory could be correct in general (dreams are a result of a evolutionary trait that keeps visual circuits active at night) while not apply to you specifically, especially if you are different than most people when it comes to vision/visualizing.
- kolinko 6y agoBut the prediction of the their theory is that without visual dreams his visual cortex would be overtaken by other senses. Since this doesn’t happen, it’s an important datapoint towards a falsehood of the theory.