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Re:Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Sim... by sfsdw345345 on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:08AM (#36810860)
> the ability to imagine sound

This is a real, normal thing?? I can hear snippets of music, usually orchestral or opera, as vividly as if they were actually playing, but all I'm listening to is the white noise of a fan, and I'm just remembering them from before. When I was young, it was often a radio announcer because we listened to the radio in the car a lot. I always thought this was very bizarre and was not supposed to happen to normal people.

Re:Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Sim... by yakubin on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:39AM (#36811859)
I have no issue imagining sounds, with any detail I want. It’s images that are hard (but then more abstract things like graphs are easy).
Re:Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Sim... by theobromananda on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:41AM (#36813627)
Do you actually hear the music in the fan noise or do you hear/imagine it in your mind? The first one is to consider carefully as it happens on LSD and in psychosis - maybe also strong synaesthesia or HPPD - , the second one is normal.
Re:Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Sim... by spiralx on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:54AM (#36813796)
Sounds like audial daydreaming, where white noise would be perfect for triggering almost any memory of music depending on the fluctuations of frequencies. Staring at the static on an old TV does the same thing visually if you look at it and relax your focus.