The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Chess@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow do people with aphantasia play chess?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down18
arrow-up1151arrow-down1imageHow do people with aphantasia play chess?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Chess@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square170linkfedilink
minus-squarenik9000linkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoIt just doesn’t come up all that much. Folks live without knowing they are different. And it is on a spectrum. Some folks is nothing others are can force a few pictures if they have to but aren’t clear. I dunno.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year ago It just doesn’t come up all that much. Folks live without knowing they are different. Case in point: The much easier to explain condition of colorblindness, which takes some people many years to find out they have!
minus-squareZendegy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAnd then there’s the hyperphantastics. My friend can close her eyes and replay scenes in her mind like a movie! Blew my mind.
It just doesn’t come up all that much. Folks live without knowing they are different.
And it is on a spectrum. Some folks is nothing others are can force a few pictures if they have to but aren’t clear. I dunno.
Case in point: The much easier to explain condition of colorblindness, which takes some people many years to find out they have!
And then there’s the hyperphantastics. My friend can close her eyes and replay scenes in her mind like a movie! Blew my mind.