I have an idea or a concept of a cow. Turns out that’s not standard wither and falls under aphantasia.
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rumba@lemmy.zip 1 day agoYeah i’m like 80% aphantasiac, I can picture maybe the last time I saw a cow I, could probably imagine something else in the static scene, I can’t even really make it turn it’s head.
There’s no rotating it.
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 day ago
RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
Concepts of a cow
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
Same, but I remember that I used to not be able to stop rotating things in my head… wonder if aphantasia can develop with age or maybe brain damage (yay covid, messed up some flavours and smells for me too, artificial mango flavour stuff tastes like TV static)
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 18 hours ago
Sadly I can’t help you out with that one. I haven’t done any deeper research into it than a basic reading of a newbie guide.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I remember everything. :(
blargh513@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
All I got is dark gray static. No cows. The occasional moving blob of different dark gray static.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I can think about how a cow looks, colors, patters, what a cow might do but I can’t visualize anything. I didn’t know there was a word for this or that people could actually visualize things in their mind. I thought it was just a turn of phrase.
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 day ago
That’s conceptualizing.
A better description of it with a ball experiment than i can provide.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Does this affect dreams?
blargh513@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Nope, dreams and nightmares are good and vivid.
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
My dreams aren’t visually detailed, but i’m not sure that’s necessarily unique. I also have trouble with faces, but I can remember really long selections of words and numbers.
Oddly I can do a really good job drawing 2d and 3d things from reference art if they’re 1:1
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 14 hours ago
It’s probably not so odd, it doesn’t seem to have much of an effect on creative skills. A friend of me has aphantasia and she’s a tattoo artist.