SirRoderic

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   by SirRoderic 2y ago

   Speaking from experience as an aphantasic person, I think it is definitely possible to test objectively. For instance certain IQ tests will test the subject's ability to identify what a pictured object would look like if it were rotate
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   by SirRoderic 2y ago

   Sure! Answers are broken up below. > Is losing autobiographical memory inmediate, or could you remember a few seconds of what you see? It's not that I "lose" memories per se, I think I just don't store them in terms
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   by SirRoderic 2y ago

   I don't read a lot of full-length books in recent years generally, but as a child I read tons of fiction... I was about to say "...so I don't think I have any trouble," but actually, come to think of it, most of the bo
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   by SirRoderic 2y ago

   My understanding is that most people remember past events in the context of their own experience of those events — when they remember, they recall into their minds some version of what they felt/saw/heard at the time, re-experienc
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   by SirRoderic 2y ago

   Not parent, but it sounds like I have a very similar neurotype — I am also autistic, aphantasic (I scored <1st percentile on the spatial-manipulation-in-your-head part of an IQ test at one point!), and have no autobiographical memory. Th