stackyFACTSOn the opposite end of the spectrum is aphantasia, a phenomenon where the internal canvas is completely blank. If asked to picture a sunset, there is no image, no color, just conceptual darkness. They know what a sunset is, but the internal projector bulb is permanently unscrewed.
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