I interviewed Kirsten Carlson, a PA Student at Francis Marion University, who is one of the few people that do not have an internal monologue. She does not h...
found it bizarre not only that we were able to close our eyes and “see” a coffee cup, but also give it a color, and so on
It is weird that you can do that though, it's just that the majority of people are like you.
There definitely are advantages to aphantasia (not being free from distraction though sadly), some STEM fields and especially coding have aphants very overrepresented. I guess some kinds of abstract reasoning must be less natural when your thinking is anchored in visuals.
It is weird that you can do that though, it's just that the majority of people are like you.
There definitely are advantages to aphantasia (not being free from distraction though sadly), some STEM fields and especially coding have aphants very overrepresented. I guess some kinds of abstract reasoning must be less natural when your thinking is anchored in visuals.
interesting! I wouldn't have guessed that! The one guy at our job with aphantasia was a comp science major.
I can see why that would be useful for coding, yeah. Thanks for sharing.