Can you visualize things in your imagination? People who can't have aphantasia. People on the Internet have been obsessed with the topic since the condition was named in 2015, but there has been research into mental imagery going back as far as the 1880s. There's also more than one kind of aphantasia, with people who could never use mental imagery (congenital aphantasics) compared with people who once had the ability but then lost it because of brain damage (acquired aphantasics).

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Also special thanks to Sabrina the cat for the unexpected cameo. My office door was closed and locked, but she headbutted her way into the room anyway and jumped at my drawing setup. I had to grab her and move her to prevent her from knocking over the camera, which is why you can see my hand hefting her when she first appears. 100% her idea, and if her goal was to make it into the video, she was successful!

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