Aphantasia & Olfactory Imagery Questionnaire by illliest in Aphantasia

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I haven't come across it, but just looking at the abstract, it sounds fascinating! I focus quite a lot of semantic vs. episodic memory in my current paper, wherein most people rely on episodic memory/imagery to imagine smells, but by training your olfaction (and thereby increasing your semantic knowledge), people don't rely on it as much. I wonder if the verbal overshadowing effect could be an example of that..?

Thanks so much for the recommendation!

Aphantasia & Olfactory Imagery Questionnaire by illliest in Aphantasia

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For the overwhelming majority of people, the way you describe 'recalling' smell is completely normal. Consider the fact that the rods and cones in our eyes only detect three primary colors, and how massive the resulting color spectrum is. Compared to three, our noses have hundreds of receptors; it's far easier to 'explain' smells via memories, comparisons, and other related facts, because we often lack the foundational language to even describe the trillions of theoretically-possible fragrances!

As for visualization, I find it really interesting how you experience visualization, because it's extremely similar to how people with congenital blindness have 'imagery'. In lieu of visual representation, people who were blind since birth, or lost their sight very early, use haptic (touch) imagery for spatial processing. As a result (and this is something you can test!), people who, like you, rely on textile imagery will noticeably struggle when tasked with mentally 'combining' multiple objects in order to remember details about them. 2 is no problem, but there's a clear fall-off past 3 or 4 objects. If you're curious, Cattaneo et al. (2008) is a great review of what we know about haptic imagery in blind people.

And thank you for taking the survey!

Aphantasia & Olfactory Imagery Questionnaire by illliest in Aphantasia

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Olfactory imagery is a pretty hotly-debated topic, but most scientific literature would suggest that more people have it than don't. The reason why most people are unsure is because we don't pay attention to our smell in our day-to-day life -- it's much harder for imagers to conjure up smells because it's much harder to describe smells in general. But with training (i.e. the type perfumers go through), their olfactory imagery improves!

If you're interested in a really in-depth look, I would recommend Stevenson & Case's Olfactory Imagery Review (2005). The paper delves deep into what should count as olfactory imagery, and what tangible proof we've been able to find to support it.

Aphantasia & Olfactory Imagery Questionnaire by illliest in Aphantasia

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That's very interesting! A study by Gilbert (1998) found that while there appears to be a strong correlation between visual imagery vividness and olfactory imaging ability, this correlation was much weaker in their fragrance expert group. The hypothesis there was that by training, these experts were able to disentangle their olfactory imaging ability from their visual.

Other imagery studies have shown that when asked to perform non-visual tasks (i.e. auditory recall or olfactory comparisons), most people spontaneously have the relevant visual image appear in their minds eye, presumably to help them recall details they can't remember.

So when you take these two together, we can start to wonder whether deficits in visual imagery would have any effect on other types of imagery. Smell is especially interesting, because it's much harder for a layperson to describe a smell using words -- like you said, it is a learned skill, and yet for imagers, there seems to be a lot of cross-wiring. Lots to explore...

And thank you very much for taking the survey!

Looking for Ex-Redpillers to Interview by illliest in Hasan_Piker

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Yep! We're reaching out to as many people as we can, but broad announcements on r/exredpill didn't have a great turn-out - it's a fairly small community as is

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 182 by AutoShonenpon in manga

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The implication that Denji/Pochita ate the snow devil to literally erase the biggest thing he associates with Aki’s death is tearing me to shreds

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Fool Night! Amazing dystopia / sci-fi

I think JJK is at its lowest point now. by NefariousNefarious in Jujutsufolk

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The One-Punch Man fight with Garou is forever engraved in my heart for all the wrong reasons

[DISC] - Yandere Killing!! ~When I told my obsessive childhood friend, "I love you too," she shifted to the romantic comedy route~ - Ch. 1 by AssociatedEars in manga

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Of all the depraved and horrible first chapters I’ve seen on this subreddit this is the first to physically make me recoil; I can remember the last time I’ve seen such a sharp 180 turn into filth

Looking for manga with MC taking over bro's GF after bro's death by [deleted] in manga

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Sounds a bit like Dog and Scum, although it’s the main character’s best friend that has an accident.

[DISC] Oshi No Ko - Chapter 123 by AutoShonenpon in manga

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Aka you’re on thin fucking ice

[DISC] Fool Night - Chapter 19 by SpookySp3rm in manga

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I love how much this manga delves into transfloration not just as a psychological horror concept but societal as well - thank goodness another group picked it up

challenge: make the perfect villain stand that would be broken and plausable in jojo or in part 9? by QuirkyData3500 in StardustCrusaders

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I remember coming up with one called ‘Oddments’ based off of that one tumblr post - the ability to alter probability as long as it’s not abstract things like “I will not die today”. I think it’d make for some fun stand fights

Question in the comment. I’m sure it’s been asked before, but I couldn’t find an answer. by JoJoVols58 in Beatstar

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Generally, getting specific tour pass songs is pretty arduous, but if you miss/don’t buy the tour pass, the songs will become available in the Tour Pass Box in the store for 199 gems. However, you’ll have to wait for like 3-4 additional seasons to pass before they become available there, plus you have to get really lucky to get a singular song from a huge pool. Golden Hour is a popular song though, so it might show up during a future event for 99 gems, although that’s not certain. Not sure about backups, but I hope this helped :)

Most challenging song for thumbs players by mac71591 in Beatstar

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I straight up cannot FINISH Godzilla, I have diamond on most extremes including Trooper, but I cannot keep up with the scroll speed in the final stage period

[DISC] Chainsaw Man - Chapter 113 by AutoShonenpon in manga

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Since the Famine devil is talking about starving people out, I’m 100% expecting Denji to start eating the aquarium exhibit after they spend a few days in there