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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam
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aphantasia folk tend to congregate in sciences where rationality is a prized quality. We have too small of a sample here, but I wonder...
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I scored Hyperphantasia, and I am an engineer who applies scientific methods, but I also consider myself creative and artistic, and I draw upon intuition to solve problems.
Good visualization is helpful when I start to design something. I see the piece clearly in my mind's eye. Then I try to hand sketch it as it would appear from different perspectives. And finally I create a CAD model.
During the quiz, I didn't just visualize things. I used multiple senses. For the lake example, I smelled the muddy wet seaweed. For the friend example, the sound of her voice.
I get the most vivid imagery during lucid dreams; it's even better than life. The images I saw during the test were just as good as real life.