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"It never occurred to me that having no visual imagery was unusual..." writes a science journalist at the Guardian. "It's not that I forget what I look like, but I am sometimes a little surprised, and don't feel connected to my outward appearance as a matter of identity." There's been a surge of ...
There's evidence that it can make it harder for people to recall visual details, though other studies show that aphants perform better on some memory tests unrelated to imagery... But overall, people with aphantasia don't seem to have serious problems navigating their day-to-day lives, unlike those with more severe memory conditions like episodic amnesia... Long-time Slashdot reader whoever57 writes that "Personally, I never realized before reading this article that people could create mental images."
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