Why Some People Can’t See Pictures in Their Imagination

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« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2018, 10:49:51 pm »
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Overactive visual imagery is thought to play a role in addiction and cravings

Well, this explains a few things ...  >:(
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2018, 04:53:28 pm »
I wouldn't say I'm blind, but definitely closer to that end of the spectrum than to manipulating 3d objects in mind-space
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2018, 05:01:44 pm »
A friend of mine of years gone by was probably "visually mind-blind" as the article discusses. I find the differing experiences of cognition very interesting - especially as the aforementioned friend felt that tactile conception was his primary mind-sight or whatever we want to call it here.
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