Can you imagine sounds? For example, can you bring to mind the voice of a friend, like if you were actually listening to their voice as they talk?
Skimming the above example article I wonder if the bit I'm highlighting is true: "It has been associated with similar conditions such as face blindness or tone deafness, though it ***does not*** affect cognitive or physical function."
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In fact it's directly contradicted by the drawing task which the person with aphantasia seems to be impaired at compared to somebody without, especially since delayed drawing and copying, etc., is used to measure FTLD patients' semantic memory ability.
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Very good question! I know of a few people who have been trying to record aphantasia in participants in visual short-term memory tasks, but haven’t seen any of their results yet. (
@l_nobis,@neuroRaquel, is this still a thing?) -
I wonder if there are artists with aphantasia.

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There was an exhibition of artists with aphantasia and hyperphantasia as part of the Extreme Imagination conference, in Exeter in Aprilhttps://www.rammuseum.org.uk/past-exhibitions/extreme-imagination-minds-eye/ …
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