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People with aphantasia: Can you walk through a mental map of a place you know? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Apeman42@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm curious how that kind of visual/spatial memory interacts with the inability to visualize your imagination.

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[–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

No. I understand what the layout should be like, and which way to turn to do certain things. But I can't, for example, remember the color of the walls, or have a good feel for how big the space was, or actually imagine it visually in any way. All of the points are just information. I know that there are pictures on the left wall, but I don't remember and can't visualize where on the wall they are, what height or how many there are, etc.