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Re:People Who Can't Picture Anything Are Rewriting the Scien... by mirror_neuron on Monday September 14, 2026 @10:29AM (#49697476)
As someone who is close to the aphantasic end of the spectrum: for me, it does not apply to audio. That difference is how I came to understand aphantasia better: I can very concretely hear sounds and music in my "mind's ear" in a way that I can't for vision.
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Re:People Who Can't Picture Anything Are Rewriting the Scien... by skipkey on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @12:00AM (#49707544)
I have no idea if I'm anywhere on the spectrum, but I really don't visualize images, but I can definitely hear sounds in my mind's ear. Not smells, tho. When I dream, it's almost no images. It's feelings, with a story associated. To the extent i do have images, they are very washed out, basically no color or detail.
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