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Was curious if anyone's found functional treatment regiments for aphantasia. Surprised to find very little. There is some evidence that it may be psychogenic in some patients, which is promising. Quite a few reports of acquired aphantasia (after eg head injury, stroke, surgery)
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I don’t really see it as something to be treated. But since I learned about it and self-identified, I’ve idly been taking note of conditions under which I can visualize more. Relaxation by whatever means seems to do something. One time I got abstract color fields on edibles.
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I’m skeptical of widespread non-aphantasia too. If typical people can imagine vivid detailed images, why do they fail so badly at drawing bicycles from memory? (missing/misplaced parts, mechanically impossible) Or dollar bills? scotthyoung.com/blog/2015/12/2
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How do we store memories? “We’re much better at recognising than recalling. When we remember something, we have to try to relive an experience. When we recognise something, we must merely be conscious of the fact that we have had this experience before.” aeon.co/essays/your-br
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