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I suspect you do, as well. Your realizations are very similar to mine when I first found out. > I couldn't describe a person's face to you at all, but if you asked 'do they have a big or small nose' The day I told my wife about this, she had me try to describe a woman who'd just sold us food a few minutes prior. I've seen this woman many times, but the only thing I could really conjure is that she was old. I don't have face blindness, no problem recognizing people, unless, like you mentioned, I very barely know them. > This even applies to people close to me such as my own immediate family, partner, etc. After that, my wife had me try to look at her face, then look to a piece of paper and immediately draw. Of course, artistic ability and aphantasia are totally different things, but it really cemented how little visual information gets retained. As soon as I looked away, all I knew was factual information like "curly hair", "mole next to nose". |