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Speaking of Psychology
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Face Blindness
People with a fantasia report being poorer at faces on average. But the average person is, is, is less good than controls. We are actually so i think in self report, people with Fantasias do not have mental imagery. So what we actually find is a real spread. And it's quite interesting, because i, i have a fantasium myself, but i'm almost a super recognizer. When i perform tests of face recognition, i'm almost good enough to work for the police. Iha hoow am i doing that? I just know very i'm just able to pick out a face in the crowd very well.
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