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Regarding aphantasia, I've had a lot of anecdotal success with this image [1]. I'm personally about a 2, and I've found that this test tends to be quiet underst
by WaffleIronMaker 3y ago
Regarding aphantasia, I've had a lot of anecdotal success with this image [1]. I'm personally about a 2, and I've found that this test tends to be quiet understandable and revealing to a variety of audiences.
Anecdotally, I gave this chart to my friends in my school's band (N=6), and none of them had aphantasia (excluding me), and two of them reported hyperphantasia, and intensely vivid audiovisual imagination. I also gave this chart to my friends in software engineering and cybersecurity (N=4), and two of them also had aphantasia.
I'm hesitant to draw conclusions, given a small sample size, but I'd hypothesize that there is a larger proportion of aphantasic individuals in STEM than in the arts.
[1] https://twitter.com/backus/status/1091203973246111744?s=20 https://twitter.com/backus/status/1091203973246111744?s=20
- kordlessagain 3y agoOne problem with this test is that some people can visualize things like faces better than arbitrary shapes. Or, they may be able to see real things they’ve recently viewed with eyes, in mind. Also, Aphantasia is typically defined as not seeing in mind with will, but some people never see anything in mind, ever.