The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Chess@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoHow do people with aphantasia play chess?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down19
arrow-up1149arrow-down1imageHow do people with aphantasia play chess?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Chess@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoI have trouble visualizing faces in my mind. The more I focus on “seeing” somebody’s face the less accurate it is.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoCan you visualise the correct number of fingers on hands? I fear you might be an AI.
minus-squareKwdglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoSame for me. I can imagine objects but only very abstract faces
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoHypoanphantasia 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.
I have trouble visualizing faces in my mind. The more I focus on “seeing” somebody’s face the less accurate it is.
Can you visualise the correct number of fingers on hands? I fear you might be an AI.
Same for me. I can imagine objects but only very abstract faces
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.