Same here. I can't see, hear nor smell anything apart from what is really there.
I can 'imagine' in great detail, have a good visual/ auditory memory, but there is no real picture or sound. It is black / silent. I never forget a face just can't picture them.
I found out about this via an article posted here when I was 45 years old, now 4 years ago.
It never felt and does feel like a disability in any way.
Dreams in contrast are a full sensory experience for me, so the route back from memory to senses is there, only it is blocked when I am awake.
My wife really sees 'extra' images when imagining with eyes open and closed.
I can imagine very well but don't see anything, so no visualisation.
With eyes open I see what is in front in me, and imagine (ltterlaly) what I am thinking about. This can be in high visual detail, but with no picture. With eyes closed it is strange enough harder te imagine, because the black is all consuming.
Long story short:
I think you might have aphantasia but don't know or acknowledge it yet...
Asking if they see black is a wrong test, because people with imagination also see black, just they can see other things on top.
A better test is:
Ask them to imagine a ball on a table, then ask what color is the ball. So far almost everyone I asked answered with a color, no hesitation.
Aphants will hesitate, and they will need to think of a color - in their minds a ball is just an abstract concept - it doesn't have a color unless you consciously specify it.
So far, from my tests - 1 in 10 people asked is possibly an aphant.
My wife for sure has a vivid visual experience, and only sees black when asked to see black. So, I don't think people without aphantasia will be identified having it with the question. I also was very specific with all black, not black and an image.
Asking a colour might identify people who do not know they have aphantasia
Because some people I've asked who think they can visualise, say they actually don't see anything, but imagine seeing.
So what they see with eyes closed, is 'black'. That's why I've used that question. But they might not know the colour when not told in advance.
Yes, exactly. Or at least this matches well with my inner experience. To be specific, I wouldn't even be able to think of a color, just the name of a color.
It's all symbolic. If you don't give details, the details very likely will not exist, and if they do, I still don't see them.
That seems way more realistic.
The salaries in the original article are not common at all for software development positions in Europe as far as I know ...
Technically you can do a transaction by holding a mobile EMV payment terminal to someone's card without them knowing (this only works for physical cards, mobile phones need to be unlocked first).
The protection is the fact you just can't get a mobile payment terminal without a whole "know your customer" due diligence process, so the fraud traces directly to the ultimate beneficial owner of the company to which the payment acceptance contract of the payment terminal was provided.
This is the reason this fraud is non-existent in Europe, where tap to pay is already used for years.
I can 'imagine' in great detail, have a good visual/ auditory memory, but there is no real picture or sound. It is black / silent. I never forget a face just can't picture them.
I found out about this via an article posted here when I was 45 years old, now 4 years ago.
It never felt and does feel like a disability in any way.
Dreams in contrast are a full sensory experience for me, so the route back from memory to senses is there, only it is blocked when I am awake.