The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Chess@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoHow do people with aphantasia play chess?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down19
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageHow do people with aphantasia play chess?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Chess@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 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-up8·2 months agoCan you visualise the correct number of fingers on hands? I fear you might be an AI.
minus-squareKwdg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoSame for me. I can imagine objects but only very abstract faces
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 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.