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I think an interesting thing to discuss is how Aphantasia impacts people who have it, if at all? Are there any areas that are negatively or positively affected
by anon2020dot00 5y ago
I think an interesting thing to discuss is how Aphantasia impacts people who have it, if at all?
Are there any areas that are negatively or positively affected? Are there workarounds that these people do?
I read someone with Aphantasia say that they do math differently in that they don't picture the computations in their head, like it would be done in paper, but that they just use their verbal memory to keep track of intermediate values.
- misthop 5y agoSomeone who became aphantasic due to brain trauma would have to be asked. Until 3 years ago I truly believed that when people spoke about visualization or mind's eye it was meant figuratively. So it's not something that we work around or that knowingly impacts us. I assume there are some domains where I am more or less effective because of it, but that is true of everyone for all sorts of reasons.
- bobsmooth 5y agoI once read that those with aphantasia have a hard time becoming architects since they can't visualize the building they're designing.