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The range of human perceptual experiences (with Anil Seth)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

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The Effect of Mental Imagery on Creativity

There's some evidence that synesthetes might have better memory than non-synesthetes, perhaps because they have these other perceptual associations. And there's also people that argue that something like synesthesia really enhances creativity. I would guess it's something like lack of internal imagery, when they get very hard to be a sculptor, for example. If you're really good at bringing an image into your mind, that might make you paint in a different way if you don't, and you're really paying attention to what you see.

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