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Aphantasia and Your Reading Experience

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Believe it or not, but this humble apple, or perhaps an orange, will shape your reading experience.
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@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

Do you visualise while reading?

@arobinreads Год назад

I do. But not very detailed I think. And I also don't like the super in depth descriptions either

@tubbydammer 6 месяцев назад

No. I always thought the concept of a "mind's eye" was a metaphor until a few years ago. I generally see literature as a medium for themes. And while I like plot and character, it's the themes that win me over or lose me. So, I don't see aphantasia as a negative because not getting bogged down in what stuff looks like makes it easier to see under the surface at what's really going on.

@alvin36596 4 месяца назад

Nope

@dukewhisky Год назад

I always am visualising while reading, and as soon as something doesn't match my head cannon. I can't unsee it!

@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

Aha yep, I recently read Howl's Moving Castle and all I could see was the Ghibli characters. Not that I'm mad about it

@-cirad- Год назад

Well researched, informative and pleasantly calm. But a note on 2:30: 26% of aphantasics have reported a complete lack of multisensory imagery (according to “A cognitive profile of multi-sensory imagery, memory and dreaming in aphantasia”). I have complete aphantasia: all senses and emotion. I like funny dialogue and when I read, I want to know what happens next in the story. Long descriptions, on the other hand, are boring, and I quickly confuse characters. Interestingly I know the feeling of being able to sink so far into a book that I no longer even notice how I turn the pages. But it takes me a while to get into that state.

@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

Thank you so much and thanks for sharing! So interesting how we all experience it differently.

@DanikaLeighEllis Год назад

Thank you so much for including my essay! I find this topic fascinating, and I love this video. Subscribed!

@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

Oh you're so welcome! I find it fascinating too and your essay was incredibly useful so thank YOU!

@alreadytired6515 2 месяца назад

Danika said it very well. I love reading, I’ve been so immersed in a book I didn’t realize the plane was landing until we hit the ground. I think aphantasia impacts my patience with authors who use a lot of words to describe the surroundings. I want to get to story.

@adrct Месяц назад

I pretty much have hyperphantasia, but I definitely don't visualize every scene I read in a book, or the details of every character's complexion. I had never reckoned that until watching this video.

@KateyOneMoreTime Год назад

Great video! I took the test and answered 'no image' to most, but 'dim image' to a handful of questions, which apparently has a name too! Hypophantasia - *mostly* image-free thinking. Even seeing my comment on your community post, how I described normally 'feeling' descriptions more than seeing them, was very in line with the people with aphantasia you quoted. Very interesting! Thanks for introducing me to new language to describe my experience!

@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

That's exactly what I thought and why I included you. When I did the poll I hadn't started research yet but the more I read, the more I saw what your experience could be. You're more than welcome! ♥️

@arobinreads Год назад

Very interesting video!

@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

Thank you!

@KasSommers Год назад

I used to write descriptions of “rooms” in a fantasy text game. The best descriptions touched many of the senses. Not just what it looked like, but the temperature, were there any sounds, what did it smell like, was there a taste in the air? What other sensations did you feel when you entered?

@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

Yes that's fantastic. Honestly before this video, I didn't really think about it, but now, I know how important it is.

@user-md9yv7jx2c Месяц назад

If asked to picture a Macintosh apple I can recall a picture of one. If asked to picture my mother I usually can recall an old vaguely representative one. I rarely see Human faces in my mind.

@CagedGod Год назад

I'm 101% aphantasiac. I'm curious to know what effects reading has on a brain of someone with aphantasia compared to a neurotypical person.

@WithLoveFeli Год назад

I don’t really get a picture :( I think that’s why I always mix up characters, because I only have the name to go on and I’m bad with names :P

@WithLoveFeli Год назад

Now Im also realizing why I never understood fancasting a book!

@GinaLuciaReads Год назад

Oh well there you go! I hope it was helpful then! I'm bad with names too honestly but descriptions and faces I'm much better at.

@ForestRain44 Месяц назад

I have aphantasia. I think one difference is that my understanding of the physical appearance of a character is limited to what is actually described on the page. My mind does not fill in other physical features that are not described, as is required when you create a mental image. For example, if the book does not describe a character’s hair color, my mind would not assign one. It would just be unknown information (which is probably not important for the story anyways). By the way, it is the same if you ask me to imagine an apple. If you then ask me “What color is it?”, I would say that I don’t know because you didn’t tell me. It could be red, green, or yellow.

@user-hl6cl4kh2i 8 месяцев назад

If someone wrote a book with no visual queues, I would probably enjoy it more as someone who has aphantasia. Smells especially bring up feelings that work as descriptions.

@GinaLuciaReads 8 месяцев назад

I'd be so curious to see what that would be like! It might already exist

@dicopebisuteria6403 11 месяцев назад

I have multy sensory aphantasia, I guess Im missing out, makes sense why I dont enjoy reading as much as others. But I still sort of imagine the things I read, I dont see them but I kind of use memories to reference and imagine , even if its all dark ,so I kind of have and a idea of what going on a visual way😅 its hard to explain 😂😂😂

@ryzack1012 5 месяцев назад

I cannot visualize while reading and it's kind of put me off of reading almost entirely. Whenever I tried picturing the apple, I couldn't see anything, only think of the word apple.