hugovangalen 🤖 🕹️ 😼Feb 6

So I just read something and that makes me wonder...

Do people with aphantasia (like myself) more often have an inner dialogue that is "speech-like", you know actually speaking words in a language

Or (like me), more often just "vibes" and their inner thoughts only becomes language once these need to be expressed

(I also added the options for people who have no aphantasia [have phantasia I guess] so we can compare results 😄)

Boosting is appreciated ❤️

#Aphantasia #InnerDialogue #Poll

Aphantasia and inner dialogue is speech-like
23.7%
Aphantasia and inner dialogue is just vibes
9.3%
No aphantasia and it's speech-like
58.6%
No aphantasia and it's just vibes
8.4%
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Show threadChris SiebenmannFeb 6

@hvangalen @mayintoronto I probably don't have aphantasia¹ and for me it's definitely in words or at least fragmented word-thoughts.

¹ I have a very good visual memory for things, as I found out when I took up recreational bicycling and reliably recognized places we'd been before, but when I picture things in my mind they're generally at least somewhat abstract and when I can reconstruct in my mind what something looks like, it's a tedious exercise, it's not a picture that snaps into being.

Show threadTed Lemon

@cks @hvangalen @mayintoronto

Personally it's inconceivable to me that people are able to picture things in their mind clearly. It feels like they're lying when they make this claim. I understand intellectually that perhaps they are not, but that's how implausible it seems.

Feb 6 at 9:37pmWeb
Show threadhugovangalen 🤖 🕹️ 😼Feb 7

@cks I know right? But apparently they can and my brain can't comprehend how 😄

@mayintoronto @abhayakara