Aphantasia is often described as a visual condition, but it’s actually multisensory. People who experience a lack of mental imagery can have a reduced capacity to access other mental senses (imagining sound, movement, smell, taste, and touch). For example, I am unable to imagine most senses.
Regarding this, can you dream if you have aphantasia?
Recent studies of aphantasia and its neurobehavioral correlates reveal that the majority of aphantasics, whilst unable to produce visual imagery while awake, nevertheless retain the capacity to experience rich visual dreams.
Secondly, is aphantasia a form of autism?
Aphantasics show elevated autism-linked traits. Aphantasia and autism linked by impaired imagination and social skills. Aphantasia (low imagery) can arise in synaesthesia (usually linked to high imagery). Aphantasic synaesthetes have more ‘associator’ than ‘projector’ traits.
Is aphantasia self diagnosed?
Many people with aphantasia are self-diagnosed since there are no agreed-upon criteria for diagnosis.
Is having aphantasia rare?
Based on their surveys, Dr. Zeman and his colleagues estimate that 2.6 percent of people have hyperphantasia and that 0.7 percent have aphantasia.
Why can’t I imagine in Colour?
To sum up, we can only see our own visible spectrum (the colours of the rainbow) and nothing else. And you can’t imagine a colour you’ve never experienced before. It’s just the limitations of your brain and your senses. So, those are the colours you’re stuck with for the rest of your life.