I don't think so, since this is more just a matter of comparison... You know what it is like to see something for real, and can compare that to what it is like

I don't think so, since this is more just a matter of comparison... You know what it is like to see something for real, and can compare that to what it is like to imagine it. I just realized that I can't imagine things and visualize a picture of it! If I try to imagine an apple, I've got nothing - although of course I know what one looks like. There is just zero mental imagery if I try to imagine one. I just asked my daughter to imagine seeing an apple with her eyes closed, and she said yes she can see it. I asked what did she see "an apple sitting on a table". Did it have a color "yes it is red". I've got none of that - not even a fuzzy round grey thing. I know what it looks like but just can't/don't conjure up an image of it. I don't even understand exactly what my daughter is experiencing. I said I just see dark when my eyes are closed - no image of an apple. She says she of course sees dark too, but there is also some experience of seeing an apple. I asked her to visualize something with her eyes open, and she can do that too (I guess this is normal), she still visualizes it, but somehow separate from the reality she is also seeing with her eyes open. It seems pretty clear that what I experience, and what my daughter does, when trying (or succeeding) to visualize something are very different.