Mark Hobson

I have aphantasia (born) but I'm rather good with mental rotations and other things. The idea of being able to unconsciously see images is an interesting one. I feel however that I'm using other tricks in order to do things. For example, in no. 2 you can just count 3 from the purple, go down a right angle, make a right angle to the right, then another right angle down 1 in line. You can just trace this patterns for each shape to see if it matches. In no 3. you can just go from either triangle then down and make sure the colour matches, then left and make sure the colour matches. What's interesting is spatial awareness. I can look at the room I'm in. I see a wardrobe and a door and a bedside table. I close my eyes and it's gone completely. But I remember aspects of the objects. The shape and size of the objects, the distance between them. I can draw like a wireframe of all the objects and superimpose the objects onto it, I cannot see the wireframe or the objects but I'm aware of what such a picture would look like given their rough relative sizes and distances apart. I'm aware of some of the properties of the objects such as some colour, features, etc but only from what I remember. This would actually be an interesting test to take. To look at a simple room then try to draw it. I reckon the relative sizes and shapes of the objects would be rather accurate, some details would be rather accurate but then other details would be lost completely in a way that wouldn't happen with someone who could hold the image in their head better.