[ExI] Aphantasia

[Stuart LaForge]

Here is a relatively new phenomenon to inform our perennial discussion  
of qualia and consciousness: some people readily admit to not being  
able to visualize things in their heads. They can for example  
recognize the color red when they see it but they cannot imagine the  
color red when they are not actively seeing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsGmhAjjjI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arc1fdoMi2Y

These people seem to be the visual equivalent of the more  
auditory-related "NPC" phenomenon of people who have no internal  
monologue. Both of these types of people are clearly intelligent, but  
they seem to process sensory information differently than most people.

Thoughts?

Stuart LaForge