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BlueSerendipity8 to Aphantasia 💭@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound

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Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound

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Original link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/03/some-people-cant-see-mental-images-the-consequences-are-profound

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    21 days ago

    https://archive.is/iMdvd unpaywalled, I didn’t notice due to use of https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean/

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