Blake Rossdiscovers he is aphantasic (HN) as is his mother* & two FB friends, and is astounded to survey 70+ friends and learn they all genuinely see things in their minds. He also doesn’t seem to hear music in his head or dream much, and thinks he gets less out of literature because of the lack of visualizing.
* has anyone looked into heritability of this or relatives’ scores on tests of mental imagery? maybe aphantasia is the extreme of a normal distribution
Blake Ross discovers he is aphantasic (HN) as is his mother* & two FB friends, and is astounded to survey 70+ friends and learn they all genuinely see things in their minds. He also doesn’t seem to hear music in his head or dream much, and thinks he gets less out of literature because of the lack of visualizing.
* has anyone looked into heritability of this or relatives’ scores on tests of mental imagery? maybe aphantasia is the extreme of a normal distribution