Andrew Huberman· PhD
the study addressing the relationship between aphantasia cesia and autism found that aphantasia is indeed linked to weak visual imagery but that aphantasia can also be synesthesics and vice versa
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the study addressing the relationship between aphantasia cesia and autism found that aphantasia is indeed linked to weak visual imagery but that aphantasia can also be synesthesics and vice versa
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indeed it was found that people who have aphantasia tend to exhibit more of the features that are associated with the autism spectrum