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Ok, here's the 'related' list that I could come up with. Anything I missed? (Note: lists of previous threads aren't meant as criticism for a topic being repeti
by dang 1y ago
Ok, here's the 'related' list that I could come up with. Anything I missed?
(Note: lists of previous threads aren't meant as criticism for a topic being repetitive! On the contrary, the classic topics always reappear and that's fine when the new article is interesting. Lists like this are just for curious readers who might want more.)
Aphantasia and Psychedelics - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438296 - Oct 2025 (117 comments)
I do not remember my life and it's fine - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44196576 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44196576 - June 2025 (223 comments)
Most self-reported aphantasics also reported weak or absent auditory imagery - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42534859 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42534859 - Dec 2024 (6 comments)
What do you visualize while programming? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41869237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41869237 - Oct 2024 (167 comments)
What happens in a mind that can't 'see' mental images - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41138338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41138338 - Aug 2024 (432 comments)
Aphantasia Is No Creativity-Killer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40810777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40810777 - June 2024 (1 comment)
Aphantasia: I can not picture things in my mind - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40757775 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40757775 - June 2024 (401 comments)
Deep Aphantasia: a visual brain with minimal influence from priors? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39951990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39951990 - April 2024 (114 comments)
Aphantasia and hyperphantasia: exploring imagery vividness extremes - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39887661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39887661 - March 2024 (89 comments)
Aphantasics less likely to be engaged with a short story, but still enjoy it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39113343 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39113343 - Jan 2024 (2 comments)
Aphantasia: The inability to create mental imagery - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877146 - Jan 2024 (1 comment)
Poll: Can you visualize details with your eyes closed? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38660632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38660632 - Dec 2023 (60 comments)
What happens in the brain while daydreaming? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38654388 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38654388 - Dec 2023 (146 comments)
My Brain Doesn’t Picture Things - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37789989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37789989 - Oct 2023 (50 comments)
My Brain Doesn’t Picture Things - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37784984 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37784984 - Oct 2023 (60 comments)
How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37718999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37718999 - Sept 2023 (232 comments)
Images in the mind’s eye are quick sketches that lack simple, real-world details - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36807533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36807533 - July 2023 (88 comments)
Aphantasia: Picture This? Some Just Can’t (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36723060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36723060 - July 2023 (2 comments)
How blind photographers visualize the world - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36719490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36719490 - July 2023 (48 comments)
Ask HN: It seems I lost imagination, what to do? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34862427 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34862427 - Feb 2023 (41 comments)
Aphantasia: Ex-Pixar chief Ed Catmull says 'my mind's eye is blind' (2019) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31862468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31862468 - June 2022 (1 comment)
Ask HN: Do you think in words or pictures? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31684070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31684070 - June 2022 (29 comments)
Aphantasia: Not Everyone Can Picture Things - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31377295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31377295 - May 2022 (5 comments)
Aphantasia: How It Feels to Be Blind in Your Mind (2016) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31153061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31153061 - April 2022 (1 comment)
Pupils Reveal ‘Aphantasia’ – The Absence of Visual Imagination - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31121556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31121556 - April 2022 (111 comments)
Aphantasia, or how not to do math in your head (2019) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30573004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30573004 - March 2022 (2 comments)
How do you visualize code? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29979958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29979958 - Jan 2022 (86 comments)
I Can’t See You but I’m Not Blind - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29551579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29551579 - Dec 2021 (306 comments)
Aphantasia - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29365277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29365277 - Nov 2021 (276 comments)
Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29049356 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29049356 - Oct 2021 (10 comments)
Picture This? Some Just Can’t (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28997320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28997320 - Oct 2021 (1 comment)
Simple test reveals if your mental images are more vivid than other people's - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27669211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27669211 - June 2021 (146 comments)
Aphantasia: How It Feels to Be Blind in Your Mind (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27588905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27588905 - June 2021 (1 comment)
Many People Have a Vivid ‘Mind’s Eye,’ While Others Have None at All - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27437001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27437001 - June 2021 (31 comments)
Seeing things a different way; simple test for aphantasia - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24532946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24532946 - Sept 2020 (1 comment)
People who can't see things in their mind could have memory trouble too: study - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23689667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23689667 - June 2020 (147 comments)
Picture This? Some Just Can’t (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22800815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22800815 - April 2020 (103 comments)
Aphantasia - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20267445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20267445 - June 2019 (72 comments)
Aphantasia: 'My mind's eye is blind' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19618927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19618927 - April 2019 (424 comments)
The blind mind: No sensory visual imagery in aphantasia - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18799550 - Jan 2019 (100 comments)
What it’s like to be unable to visualize anything - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11730505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11730505 - May 2016 (11 comments)
Aphantasia: How It Feels to Be Blind in Your Mind - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11554894 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11554894 - April 2016 (202 comments)
Aphantasia: A life without mental images - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10148792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10148792 - Aug 2015 (73 comments)
Aphantasia: A Life Without Mental Images - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10121678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10121678 - Aug 2015 (2 comments)