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The Case of the Blind Mind's Eye

Curious Cases

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Is There a Connection Between Object Imagery and a-Fantasia?

If you have a-fantasia, then you can't see the images. That doesn't mean that you're not capable of spatial reasoning or of manipulating the image. 10% of the population are hyper-visualised just like Adam. And there are one or two associations that we haven't yet mentioned. So a curious association with face recognition. Many people with a-Fantasia describe difficulty in recognising faces and actually face people who research face recognition had noticed that some of their participants seem to have a rather weak imagery. There was another aspect to the test which I found fascinating, when talking about describing individuals,. it wasn't just what they look like but also how they walk

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