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People with aphantasia: Can you walk through a mental map of a place you know? (lemmy.world)
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I'm curious how that kind of visual/spatial memory interacts with the inability to visualize your imagination.

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[–] 15 points 2 months ago (7 children)

in my case i can't. in fact i can't imagine how others even do it. can you just walk through your old school inside your imagination..?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    So in your brain you know your old school exists as a "fact", but you can't remember what it looks like? Can you verbally describe what it looked like?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    i can describe it with language, but i can't 'see' anything. but for example i can see a picture of a classroom and explain how it's different from the one i used to be in.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    So you know your classroom had walls and desks. You can describe them with words, but can't imagine even a fuzzy blurry image of what it looked like visually? Can you "see" any colors or textures or anything in your memory?

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