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Wendy Zuckerman (Science Vs host) / Radiolab clips narrator (also uses Radiolab voices)

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295 total appearances

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Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Create this entire world where I'm like flying on a Pegasus back, you know, and it's as real to me.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

It's called hyperphantasia.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

About two to three percent of people have it.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

And when you ask these people to imagine staring at the sun, their pupils open.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Super constrained.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

One guy described being able to, like, walk through his childhood world.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Wow.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

It keeps me company.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

So, like, I never actually feel lonely, usually.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

This woman described reading books being like... As if I was watching a film.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

except that I'm standing in the film.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Being in a movie.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

And when this other person reads, the visuals are so strong that he'll sometimes just leave the page.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

This woman described having these like images that just constantly play in the background of her mind.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Like in the middle of the interview, I asked her, I was like, are you seeing something right now?

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

So you are experiencing that in your head while you're answering my questions.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Yeah.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Oh my God, are you kidding?

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

I am so jealous.

Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye

Just to know that there's this like,