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Not to be that guy, but the article discusses this at some length. Find this bit: > However, such tests rely on introspection and self-reported experience, wh
by ineptech 2y ago
Not to be that guy, but the article discusses this at some length. Find this bit:
> However, such tests rely on introspection and self-reported experience, which made some neuroscientists doubt that aphantasia was real. Could reported differences in visual imagery be a language disconnect, given the ambiguity in how we describe our inner worlds? “It could be the case that we’re all actually experiencing the exact same apple, we’re just describing it differently,” said Rebecca Keogh, a research fellow in cognitive neuroscience...
The following ~8 paragraphs discuss the evidence for it beyond subjective reports.
- mk12 2y agoI'm not entirely convinced by it. But even if I was, I'd still stand by my claim that many people speak about this with unwarranted confidence. This comment thread has lots of people who seem to know for sure that they do/don't have it, and also several definitions such that I could easily self-diagnose in either direction by picking the right one.