... I didn't realize people _literally_ see things when they try to visualize them?? I'm firmly #1 from the example image. TIL this is "aphantasia." h/t @nayafia
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Yeah I have had discussions with others about this. Think this is mostly correct Need more robust way to test for this
For me, I can see the red star really clearly. As I add more shapes I start to lose definition. I can see a circle inside a square easily but if you put a star inside the circle I need to start "tracing". There's a better way to describe this activity. When the images...
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Get complex the image goes dark for me but I get a spotlight. I can put the spotlight on images on parts of the images to see those parts clearly. I think this happens because non-autistic eidectics have a limit to our working memory, i.e. the number of numbers you can remember.
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For whatever it's worth, I think I am 99th percentile at this (I can play chess without looking at the board). For me I process all information through images and I don't understand how other people think, which is why I find aphantasia interesting. Anyways...my 2 cents.
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