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I have to acknowledge that my supposition that aphantastic people would have trouble drawing from memory or imagination was wrong. It was pure speculation, base
by mikelevins 5y ago
I have to acknowledge that my supposition that aphantastic people would have trouble drawing from memory or imagination was wrong. It was pure speculation, based, I presume, on the fact that I lean hard on visualization to draw from memory or imagination.
I must say, the truth of the matter is much more interesting than my incorrect speculation.
- vidarh 5y agoIt's really fascinating, because the variety of experiences here is so broad. And my experience during meditation suggests to me that even the level of visual experience I can recall having had during dreams are nothing compared to what is possible. I really want to find a way of triggering that level of fidelity again, but I'd settle for much less. It's not that I really feel like I'm missing out per se, as that it's intriguing that it's possible. At the same time my spatial reasoning is well above average, and I can't help wondering what, if any, link there is between that an the aphantasia. E.g. have I learned to reason spatially because I can't reason visually? Or do people tend to learn one or the other? Or are they entirely separate?
- mikelevins 5y agoMy guess (and it's definitely just a guess) is that they're separate. I visualize vividly, and also score pretty high in spatial reasoning.