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Joel Pearson

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812 total appearances

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Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Let me try that again.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Now I imagine the red one.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Huh.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

And now I saw the red picture in the binocular ivory.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Turns out that what we imagine does change our visual perception.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

It literally changes how we see the world with the caveat, you know, if you have mental imagery.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

We don't see that same response.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Wow.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

It was actually the first sort of objective method to measure visual imagination.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Since then, we've developed a few other ways.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

If you look up at the light, our pupils contract, right?

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

When you're in the dark, of course, your pupil opens right up.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Your pupil actually constricts.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

You don't get these effects.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Not at all.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Yeah.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Wow.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Can you give someone who has a Fantasia imagery?

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Yeah.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

With the right approach, uh,