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Think of a horse...

What do you “see ” in your mind?

  • You might imagine a lifelike image of a horse in your mind, while your friend might only see a dim or vague one.

People with aphantasia don’t create any images of familiar objects, people, or places in their mind’s eye, not for thoughts, memories, or pictures of the future.

We lack this visual system completely .

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Aphantasia is pretty interesting, especially when you have it, and I wanted to share that.

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