People who have unusual, or non-existent, inner voices

Re:People who have unusual, or non-existent, inner voices by fbanon on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @08:37AM (#29093750)

I've asked a few people and everyone said that their imagination is not as hi-def as their vision. I.e. when they imagine something it's not like an image was cut & pasted onto their visual field.

So I'm pretty sure your friends were exaggerating, or meant hi-def in a different sense.

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Re:People who have unusual, or non-existent, inner voices by checkyoursudo on Thursday November 04, 2021 @10:40AM (#29107775)

I'm not so sure.

"Our discovery, or rediscovery, that around 2-3% of the population, with aphantasia, lack a mind’s eye, and that a somewhat larger percentage, with hyperphantasia, have imagery that is ‘as vivid as real seeing’ has captured huge public interest, and led to a sustained surge of citizen science. We have been astonished – and delighted – to receive over 14,000 contacts from members of the public with extreme imagery since coining the terms in 2015."[1]

> ‘as vivid as real seeing’

I can only take others' word for it, but why would I disbelieve this? Especially when I myself have the other extreme of nothingness? Why would so many people lie or exaggerate about seeing mental imagery "as vivid as real seeing"?

[1] https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/eyesmind/2020/05/04/an-update-on-...

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