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02 Sep 2021, 12:36 pm

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Demonstrates links between aphantasia (imagery weakness), synaesthesia and autism.

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Aphantasics show elevated autism-linked traits.

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Aphantasia and autism linked by impaired imagination and social skills.

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Aphantasia (low imagery) can arise in synaesthesia (usually linked to high imagery).

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Aphantasic synaesthetes have more ‘associator’ than ‘projector’ traits.


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 0021000131