Visual Imagination Scale Confusion

It's baffling to me that some of y'all see stuff in your mind. You SEE it? The way your eyes see? I always thought "visualize" meant thinking of the words/ideas/feelings associated with a thing, not actual visuals. I am such a total 5 on this scale I didn't know 1-4 existed. 1 2 3 4 5

A screenshot of a tweet by John Green explains that he was surprised to learn that some people literally see images in their minds when they visualize things. The accompanying scale shows increasingly vivid apple imagery from a clear picture to a blank silhouette, with John identifying himself as level 5, meaning he has no mental visual imagery. It is shared as a relatable reaction to aphantasia and differences in how people think.

• @eternalclassic / 39673 2023-10-03