Have any aphantastics tried visual mnemonic techniques, like the method of loci, memory palaces, etc? Do they work at all for you?
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I've read about them and found the instructions completely baffling to the point where I couldn't even try. I've recently figured out that I do seem to have an adequate spatial memory and wondered if I could use that to adapt them but I haven't made any attempt to yet.
Very interesting - so you have spatial memory, but no visual imagination, is that right?
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Correct, yes. Mainly that if I've physically walked through a place I can essentially "imagine" rewalking it and navigating my way around, but there's no associated imagery, I just have a sense of where I am and how to get places from there.
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Really interesting! I'm a milder version of this: I'm not aphantastic, but I think my visual imagination is probably weak (compared to many of my friends, any way). I do have an extremely strong spatial sense, though. (And, oddly, possibly very mild visual synesthesia.)
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