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by kszxgz 2633 days ago
While I previously thought I might have aphantasia, I now tend to think that most people lack the ability to imagine face or other complex objects. HN threads tend to confirm this.

In other words, while I can't imagine my family members' faces, I also don't think many people can.

If not proven otherwise, I now assume that most people forget the visual memory of faces after a few seconds while preserving the ability to recognize people.

Obviously this excludes people with photographic memory.

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Thanks. You wrote my comment :)