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1. slayleyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy (hayley@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2017 14:27:49 EST slayleyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

   a fun thing that i just learned recently is that there is a name for how my brain works: aphantasia. ive never had someone describe whats in my head as precisely as they did here https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-feels-to-be-blind-in-your-mind/10156834777480504/

   1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2017 15:04:48 EST Bob Mottram

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      @hayley I think Oliver Sacks described the opposite case in which someone who lost their sight retained something like visual imagery.
      
      I expect this is like the opposite of synesthesia. Instead of having an additional link between sensory modalities there is maybe a missing link between the visual cortex and some other area involved in imagination without sensory input.