Why Can't I Picture Any One's Face?

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Alice couldn't see her loved one's face, or remember anything about her old house in england. One day she came across a vidioon tube and realized that this happened to her all the time. To put it simply, if the brain is like a computer that can stoll an access data, mine seemingly runs perfectly fine, except for the fact that the screen is switched off. And i was like, that's me. That is me, a hundred %. I am a zero. It is all black load. I can't i can see anything.

Close your eyes and try to imagine an apple. Can you see anything? Aphantasia is the inability to see with your mind’s eye. Since it was discovered, scientists have been asking the question: What is the mind’s eye even for?

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