This brilliant video by Mica, @PonderfulYT, is as clear an explanation as you’ll find of the neurodiversity movement, neurodivergence and neurotypicality, and their relation to disability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iicSLx19pc

And it’s not just good because Boba tries to steal the show! 😻

#NeurodiversityMovement #neurodiversity #neurodiverse
#neurodivergence #neurodivergent
#neurotypicality #neurotypical
#disability #disabled

#ADHD #anxiety #aphantasia #autism #bipolar #BPD #BrainDisease #BrainInjury #cPTSD #depression #dyscalculia #dyslexia #dyspraxia #hyperphantasia #LearningDisability #OCD #PTSD #SDAM #Tourettes

‘To help make connections: name 5–7 things that interest you but aren’t in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.’

OK, I’ll try to choose things that aren’t in *any* of my fediverse profiles! Hmm 🤔

How about #biology, #HumanComputerInteraction, #learning, #mindfulness, #philosophy, #psychology and #UrbanDesign for starters?

Relatedly:
#accessibility #ActiveTravel #aphantasia #AutobiographicalMemory #biochemistry #BodyDoubling #CellBiology #ColourPerception #consciousness #genetics #GreenSpace #HCI #hearing #hyperphantasia #mind #neuroscience #perception #SDAM #SoftwareDesign #TransitSystems #UrbanTransit #UserExperience #vision

(YouTube) Why don't we hallucinate our mental images? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxY3RSexbzg Alexander Sulfaro on #aphantasia and #hyperphantasia, #MentalImagery. Have you ever wondered why mental images aren't as vivid as real images? And what's the difference between imagining something and hallucinating it?

#introduction

Hello! I'm Yuri. I'm queer(#Enby, #transFem, #pangender, #demigirl, #Agender, #Demiromantic #panromantic, #Ceteroromantic #Ace) #vegan
#neurodivergent(#autistic) #anarchist

Interests: anarchism, nonhuman animals, queer, feminism, neurodiversity, world geography, psychology, sociology, world history,
Writhing

Likes: bird watching, learning our planet or creature’s life, vegan foods, Reading books, Playing Console Game (Zelda, Kirby)

Hates: Meritocracy, capitalism, patriarchy, fascism, authoritarianism, war. Discrimination and oppression against all social minorities, including nonhuman animals. Gaslighting

Others: I have #hyperphantasia and always do #Infodumping. I'll always try to learn about and care of them

Prompted by a quip made elsewhere, I wondered afresh why it is that I sometimes like to rewatch films I’ve seen before (perhaps many times before), whereas I’ll almost never read a novel more than once

Partly it comes down to time and effort, I think: it takes much, much longer for me to read a book than to watch a film

(And the time it takes to watch a film is predictable, unlike the number of weeks it could take me to get through a book)

But I also wondered if has something to do with being aphantasic

If I even vaguely recall the basic plot of a novel, it can be tedious for me to have to reread all the words used to convey that plot (just to remind myself of a few forgotten details), unless they are particularly beautifully put together

Only in a very weak sense (I suspect) am I transported to the world of the story when I’m reading

Watching a film on the other hand, I am drawn in to the illusion of reality created by the immediate sense impressions of moving images and sound

I imagine that someone who is hyperphantasic (or just has more typical mental imagery) would find it easier to slip into an imaginary world when reading (making repeat readings more enjoyable), while being able to recall sense impressions from a film at will would reduce their interest in rewatching it

Does that make any sense?

#aphantasia #hyperphantasia #ActuallyAphantasic #novels #films #movies

Currently backgrounding "Clouds Are Not Spheres", a biopic of Benoit Mandelbrot and his work on Fractal Geometry.

Mandelbrot describes being able to visualize complex mathematical problems as problems of geometry in his mind's-eye, which is eerily similar to what I experience:

I have #hyperphantasia and I can both visualize and do experiments with particle physics models & make predictive statements + pose analytical questions from it. 1/

#TodayILearned

#Visual Imagery: People without it, work in science, computing & mathematics #Aphantasia

People with strong visual imagery work in arts, design, entertainment & creative industries. #Hyperphantasia

I sit here every day looking at the sky ♪
Ever wondering why I dream my dreams away
And I'm living for today in ♫ My Mind's Eye ♫
#NowPlaying #NSR Small Faces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jaw1yi9k6Pk 1966

"My Mind's Eye" was 6th song released on 11 Nov 1966 by English rock group Small Faces.

✴️

#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.

“I couldn't really imagine, what it's like to not imagine…” 

PHOTOREALISTIC IMAGINATION - APHANTASIA - HYPERPHANTASIA

Imagine…rather picture.. no, visualize a place in your m.....

What if none of these were an option for your brain?  No going to your happy place, where the flowers are in bloom and the tea is hot?  No being comforted by the golden sunset on the beach, or the vista from atop the mountain in your minds eye.  Yes, “I couldn't really imagine what it's like to not imagine…”

The experience of those that live with Aphantasia, can be accompanied by memory issues and difficulty remembering faces. This is not to say, that these individuals cannot retain information, or remember intricate detail.  When giving descriptions, people with Aphantasian will often cite detailed facts and data, rather than using imagery. Many are likely to be introverted, as well.

Some information on Aphantasia, dates back to the1880s but, there hasn’t been a lot of attention on the subject until recent years. The brain’s cerebral cortex is thought to function differently, causing interference with mental visualization. One view on Aphantasia considers, it may only be a different way of thinking; suggesting the Neurodivergent, rather than the neurological.

With Hyperphantasia, some people experience powerful imagery generation within the mind; or being said to have “Photorealistic Imagination”.

"Typically, individuals with hyper-imagination are able to construct imagery that is beyond detailed and brightly outlined—resulting in some individuals having the capability even to experience a 360-degree vision.."

Paul Deretskiy

The contrast between Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia, is just another fascinating reflection of the human mind.  The links below are definitely a rabbit hole worth exploring. It seems I may know a bit about photorealistic imagery, as well as little more about myself.   Imagining what one with Aphantasia may experience, I’m at a loss...

I imagine it may feel… like “being blind in your mind”.  I couldn’t imagine, “what it’s like not to imagine”.

"Brain" Artwork below by John Hain: Buy him a cup?

https://pixabay.com/images/id-1000062/

Paul Deretskiy’s piece:
https://memoryos.com/article/hyperphantasia-revealing-the-truth-about-photorealistic-imagination

Photorealistic  Imagination:
https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/hyperphantasia/

Aphantasia:
https://www.stemata.org/blog/what-is-the-loss-of-the-minds-eye-or-aphantasia

UK Aphantasia discussion:
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-34039054

When you are blind in your mind:
https://www.verywellmind.com/aphantasia-overview-4178710

What is Aphantasia:
https://aphantasia.com/what-is-aphantasia/

#PhotorealisticImagination #Aphantasia #Hyperphantasia #aphasia #WernickesArea #BrocasArea #visualization
#DisabilitySolidarity #Imagination #CrossDisabilitySupport #ActuallyAutistic #BrainInjury #VisualImpairment #VisualCortex
#NeurodivergentThinking
#InvisibleDisabilities #equality
#InvisibleDisabilityRights #imagine

@irina @CurlyCait @actuallyautistic

It’s such a fascinating topic

I’m a 1-2 too and can visualise in a lot of detail and can manipulate and alter images in my ‘mind’s eye’, even for things I’ve never seen before (I.e not an apple)

I’m sure both a- and hyperphantasia have their positives and quirks, that’s part of the fascination

#aphantasia
#hyperphantasia

Just gonna tusk interests by hashtag.
#GoodOmens 
#DoctorWho 
#TerryPrachett 
#discworld
#mars
#ScienceFiction
#RetroRadio
#landscapes
#bokeh
#hyperphantasia
#Xminus1

Just gonna tusk interests by hashtag.
#GoodOmens 
#DoctorWho 
#TerryPrachett
#discworld
#mars
#science-fiction
#retro-radio
#landscapes
#bokeh
#hyperphantasia
#X-1

@sandehalynch @mathewi That’s also a thing: #hyperphantasia