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"It’s common to think we all have similar experiences of life. But the more we
learn about the hidden thoughts of other people, the more evidence shows this
is untrue.
For instance, not everyone has the same ability to have imagined sensations.
Most people can visualise – they can have imagined experiences of seeing people
and scenes that aren’t there. But not everyone can.
We are both visual aphantasics, which means we can’t voluntarily imagine seeing
things in our minds’ eyes. When we read a book, neither of us can imagine
seeing the characters.
Yet other types of our waking imagined experiences are quite different from
each other. Derek can imagine hearing snippets of music at will, but Loren has
a silent mind. She can’t even imagine hearing herself talk. Loren can have
vivid imagined feelings of touch, taste and smell, but Derek doesn’t have any
of these.
So, when we’re awake our imaginations are quite different. But what about our
dreams? In our new study we delved into the dreams of aphantasics, to see how
they overlap – or don’t – with their imaginations when they’re awake."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
