Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought [pdf]

Re:Language is primarily a tool for communication rather tha... by haswell on Saturday June 22, 2024 @12:02PM (#40759986)

This is all extremely interesting. I also struggle to remember faces, and most of my are tied to emotions, sounds, smells, sensations, etc. When I recall something/someone, I don't see it/them, I just "know" + feel.

And I find myself very easily fooled by subtle changes in a person's appearance. If someone gets a major haircut or changes their hair color, they might as well be a different person to my brain, initially.

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Re:Language is primarily a tool for communication rather tha... by ecjhdnc2025 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:14PM (#40761807)

> If someone gets a major haircut or changes their hair color, they might as well be a different person to my brain, initially.

That is true aphantasia.

I don't have this aspect of the problem -- indeed, I often have the weird super-recogniser problem of correctly identifying that I have seen someone unknown to me before, and where. I might be able to even describe the clothes they were wearing that last time or something they were holding or doing.

But I would struggle to describe their face to someone else.

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