@amymariska.bsky.socialWhen I read books, I don't automatically:
mentally picture the characters
imagine fictional settings
visualize entire scenes
hear the dialogue in voices
build a mental map of where things are
I'm don't do any of these, because I'm unable to. I have global #aphantasia.
Thanks to all who did this experiment - which we realise is quite perceptually demanding (such is the curse of psychophysicists testing normal people!). We particularly thank the people who came through the #Aphantasia Network who turned up in legion! :)
@nicolewalker.bsky.socialA memory Capsule to combat aphantasia. My mind is black. I need pictures for my memories. Otherwise my memories are Black like the night accept the night is actually much brighter and much more alive with shapes and patterns for imaginations to run wild with.
@cristinagherghel.bsky.socialI spent months fixing my prompts. The problem wasn't prompting.
The LLM kept pulling my original framework back into what it already knew. I named it: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿-𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆.
The result: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
#AIResearch #LLM #PromptEngineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Aphantasia #Anendophasia
@acissye.bsky.socialRe-upload because why not show everyone my type of #aphantasia again
@reichart.bsky.socialWhen I doodled like this as a young teenager, I was unaware that it was a special ability.
Only later in life did I become aware that most people were denied this freedom.
And later still, to learn of #aphantasia
@harriseve.bsky.socialIt’s me 🤔
#aphantasia
@cristinagherghel.bsky.socialAn essay about how senseless abuse is reproduced within communities shaped by suffering, and the invalidation and alienation that follow when there is nowhere—socially or internally—to retreat to. #NotBornToWrite #Aphantasia #Endometriosis #Trauma #Neurodivergence #ChronicPain
@amymariska.bsky.socialA majority of people automatically generate mental images along with their conscious thoughts. Their brain just does it. Mental visualization is a cognitive ability, but not a universal or consistent one. The level of ability varies from ultra‑vivid (#hyperphantasia) to non‑existent (#aphantasia).
@icevislab.bsky.social🚨Paper alert🚨 Here we try to tackle the tricky problem of measuring the inherently private experiences of visual imagery. Now out and open access in Cortex:
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
@heidasigurdar.bsky.social @arnig.bsky.social
#imagery #visualimagery #visionscience #psychology #cogsci #aphantasia
@dukemarjorie.bsky.socialI have aphantasia and I am creating a fantasy story based on star wars.
Dukemarjorie.com
It is VERY aphantasia friendly. If you don't know what aphantasia is link below explains it #aphantasia
@alexkess.comAwesome News. The Aphantasia Network has republished my essay.
It's about being a photographer with no mind's eye. I can't picture anything at all, and I only found out at 49. It explains why I am so obsessed with Photography.
@cristinagherghel.bsky.socialI have folders full of published manuscripts, folders containing books ready to publish, and folders containing drafts that need editing—these will remain dead for eternity.
Picture it: “The book you submitted for review is in illusion, you aphantasic moppet.” #SimulationTheory #Aphantasia #Ethics
@cristinagherghel.bsky.socialYou thought you were lazy.
Or bad at learning.
Or at remembering.
Or at speaking.
Or simply too exhausted to function like everyone else.
Then one day you discover:
#Aphantasia.
What is wrong with me?
Becomes:
What have I been trying to do without?
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