3% of people in the world have #aphantasia—here's what to know https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/19/three-percent-of-people-in-the-world-have-aphantasia-heres-what-to-know.html

The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001gwys?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Interesting chat on #Aphantasia from BBC Radio 4

Living with #aphantasia is something that you can't imagine as much as someone living with aphantasia can't imagine ... well, anything

@AnneClara I read fiction sometimes, but I don't skip the descriptions, I remember the facts, but not always completely. A film of a book rarely spoils the book, because I have no pre conceived idea of sets or characters, as that would require a visual imagination.
#Aphantasia

@Nerb I also have #Aphantasia, as did my dad. I was too late to ask the question for most of my family, but I also have a niece who is the same. I have never regarded it as a deficiency, because I am good at issues with multiple inter connections. I tend to recognise places where I have been before, but cannot imagine them beforehand.

Today I learned about #Aphantasia.

And...I need to read more. Is it an all or nothing deal? Is it a spectrum? How does one test for it?

If it's a spectrum... I think I might be on it.

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#aphantasia
#Hyperphantasia

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@dizzy @transponderings

It's a new area for me. I've just been tippy-typing this morning fleshing out aphantastic [?] & hyperphantastic [?] characters in my latest script.

I'm red-green colour blind, so missing a whole colour world out there, so this topic immediately interesting to me.

🧐

#aphantasia
#hyperphasia

@transponderings

Hi Anna

I reposted/favourited your toot a few days ago, but today reading on, began to think it was people like photographers and film makers who would probably be at the hyperfantasical (?) end of the spectrum, if it is a spectrum.

I'm interested in photography, film, filmmaking and script writing. I think it plays a part in those.

Photography and filmmaking are the more obviously explainable, but write scripts/screenplays perhaps not so.

I'm #Neurodivergent so am intrested in #Disability and #Neurodiversity #autism Kinneticism ( #ADHD ) #Dylexia #Dyspraxia and #Aphantasia - list not exhaustive.

Musicwise I enjoy #Rock #Blues #HeavyMetal #TradFolk #Reggae and Ska and have an eccletic favourite list on Spotify.

I'm a big fan of #SciFi Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. I'm enjoying Wednesday right now.

So long and see you around.

I'm #Neurodivergent so am intrested in #Disability and #Neurodiversity #autism Kinneticism ( #ADHD ) #Dylexia #Dyspraxia and #Aphantasia - list not exhaustive.

Musicwise I enjoy #Rock #Blues #HeavyMetal #TradFolk #Reggae and Ska and have an eccletic favourite list on Spotify.

I'm a big fan of #SciFi Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. I'm enjoying Wednesday right now.

So long and see you around.

@OutOfExile_IDR

💡(Cont''d) ...

From ^there & ...
of special further interest to me:

▪︎ Interplay/Intersections w:
#BrocasArea 🧠
#WernickesArea 🧠
#TPJ 🧠

... as common/tangental w:

▪︎⚡🌩 ⛈ Overlapping Issues:
¤ #Aphantasia(s)
¤ #Aphasia(s)
¤ #Dismorphia
¤ Phantom #Voices
¤ (& more) ...

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🥀😔 #Visualization #Image
#InnerVoice #InnerHearing #Brain #InvisibleDisability
#InvisibleDisabilities

@OutOfExile_IDR

🌬 RE: 💭 #Aphantasia(s)*

💭 1- Absent/unsustainable°
mental picturing/imagery ...
+ °(pernicious #Evanesvence)

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-34039054
. . .

💭 2- Absent/loss of inner voice ... & alternative type inner voice ... (&/or inner voice : #Deafness)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/25/the-last-great-mystery-of-the-mind-meet-the-people-who-have-unusual-or-non-existent-inner-voices
. . .

💭🖇 3- (one vs concurrent)

https://www.livescience.com/does-everyone-have-inner-monologue.html

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#InvisibleDisability
#InvisibleDisabilities

Better try an #Introduction toot

From #Darlington, support the local football team #TheQuakers, living down the road in #Teesside. Into #LocalMusic. Part of #InfantHercules male choir #SingItLikeYouMeanIt. Have #Aphantasia - blank minds eye. Bit on the left of politics