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How do people with aphantasia play chess? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have trouble visualizing faces in my mind. The more I focus on "seeing" somebody's face the less accurate it is.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same for me. I can imagine objects but only very abstract faces

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    Hypoanphantasia is a thing, it means small anphatasia or rather very weak phantasia. The characteristic is a spectrum, not distinct categories. Very few people see nothing but also very few people see the chess board or faces in great detail.

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