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I have APHANTASIA (and you may too...without realising it!)

JAMIEvstheVOID · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Consciousness & cognitionNeuroscience & the brain

What it is

An artist describes discovering she has aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, and how it affects her work. She asks viewers about their own visualization.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a vivid first-person description of aphantasia and an example of an aphantasic artist.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “this video is fantastic for describing the feeling of aphantasia”

    Fantastic depiction of the feeling of aphantasia

    michaelbuckbee, 2019-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Aphantasia”

  2. “Here is another description of it, and a test in the first part”

    Describes aphantasia and includes a test

    cybersol, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “The blind mind: No sensory visual imagery in aphantasia”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: aphantasia, mental imagery, visualization, art

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