Aphantasia analogies
I only found out about this yesterday, but immediately thought of the following quote to sun it up for how I see things. Anyone got any other good references or one liners? ”T’aint what a horse looks like, it’s what a horse BE.” Terry Pratchett – A Hat Full of Sky
Trying to find an answer…
Hello all! I’m an epileptic with a left insular focal dysplasia… I’ve been operating under the assumption that this is the root of my loss of ability to visualize things. After the epilepsy started and subsequent diagnosis of the lesion, I became hyper-interested in neurology, (because of an early background with adaptive heuristic algorithms) cognitive […]
Pitch black brain
Hello! So I recently stumbled across an article that talks about aphantasia, and I realize this may be what I have, but never had a name to put to it. I have never been good with visualizing, from math, to trying to draw from memory, I always need a reference. Or with math, scratch paper. […]
Aphantasia and Dreams: how they are related?
I have Aphantasia but my dreams are very vivid. Hi friends, I’m new here and I wanted to ask you guys if there is any correlation between Aphantasia and Lucid/Vivid dreams. I learned few days ago the concept of Aphantasia and I think on a scale of 0 to 10 I’m probably between 2-4, if […]
A photographic exploration of aphantasia
Hello, I am a photographer who became fascinated by aphantasia, and how the purpose of photography can change for someone who cannot visualize. I made a new project about this idea called Picture a Sailboat, where I was guided around an aphantasic person’s hometown while they shared their experiences with this condition. I also tried […]
Visualising without a minds eye
When I close my eyes I see nothing, maybe some colours and blobs of light depending which way I am facing in relation to a light source. However if I was to remember what my previous house looked like, I can, with my eyes open imagine (without seeing) walking up to the door, enter the […]
anyone else get flashes of images?
i have aphantasia but i can see flashes of (seemingly random) images that pop up and move in a direction while fading away.any other aphantasic person feel this?(if that helps i can recall sounds very correctly)
Chess
How does one calculate moves while playing chess? How is it that other players can move and rearrange pieces in their heads and someone with aphantasia can still win a game of chess? Also, how does one make strategic moves regarding their future?
Hip Hop
What goes through your mind when listening to a story told by a hip hop artist such as Slick Rick or Nas?
Aphantasia and schizophrenia
What explains it when one has always had aphantasia and then gets schizophrenia and then voices in your head accuse you of doing something wrong in the past and then an image appears in your head of what you supposedly did almost like being in an interrogation room?