Aphantasia

Aphantasia

1. Questions

   • Is aphantasia real or is it just people describing mental images differently?
     • Answer: Aphantasia is real.
       • Evidence: Someone could picture images before a brain injury, then after, they couldn't. That's not two people describing it differently.
       • Evidence: A test was done to see which parts of the brain were most active when trying to make mental images with non-aphantasiacs and people that thought they had aphantasia. Different parts of the brain were more active for the people with aphantasia.
   • Do people that don't have aphantasia accidentally think that they do?
     • Answer: It's possible that someone has.

2. What is it?

   • Aphantasia is a condition where someone can't see mental images in their head and they just see all black. This is also known as being "blind in your mind's eye."
   • Niel Kenmuir from Lancaster has had aphantasia all of his life. He considers it more of a different way of living than a disability

3. How Common?

   • About 1-3% of the population have it.

4. Statements

   • I believe that aphantasia shouldn't be something that hugely impacts your life.

5. ·

   • APHANTASIA

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