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👁️ The Mind Without a Mind's Eye
An estimated 1–4% of people lack a 'mind's eye' entirely — a phenomenon called aphantasia, better understood not as a disorder but as a different way of experiencing the world. Mental imagery runs on a spectrum, from vivid (hyperphantasia) to absent, with endless variations between. 'Aphan
An estimated 1–4% of people lack a 'mind's eye' entirely — a phenomenon called aphantasia, better understood not as a disorder but as a different way of experiencing the world. Mental imagery runs on a spectrum, from vivid (hyperphantasia) to absent, with endless variations between. 'Aphantasics know what imagery is like from their dreams, but can't access it consciously.' A window into just how sweepingly varied our inner lives really are.
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