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I always wondered to what extent aphantasia affects mundane tasks, like setting something down, turning out the lights and picking it back up in the dark. I al
by ratmice 5y ago
I always wondered to what extent aphantasia affects mundane tasks, like setting something down, turning out the lights and picking it back up in the dark. I always seem to use a mental image of the thing in the space where I left it.
- necovek 5y agoThat's more a spatial awareness and memory, I think. I think I might have "aphantasia" (or I am not trying hard enough :)), but I can perfectly well find things I left somewhere in the dark. I could also easily find that place I got to once through a maze of one-way streets following instructions by someone else weeks ago by kinda-recognizing buildings and houses where I need to make turns. I couldn't describe what those houses looked like for the life of me, but I could perfectly recognize them once I saw them. All of these are things I've noticed in the past, but never put a name to it (not that I looked).