From: Colin Hales (colin@versalog.com.au)
Date: Tue May 28 2002 - 22:27:57 MDT
R. Coyote
> Its unimaginable to me that someone couldn't close their
> eyes and 'see' an apple after just staring at one, then again
> I usually have vividly colored dreams
Damien Broderick
> Dreaming visual imagery has nothing to do with waking visual
> imagery. The former must only require the random activation
> of the same process modules and loops involved in sight.
> I dream in full color too, but am totally
> lacking in waking visual imagery. It's very annoying.
The stats from the psych list say 3% of the population
suffer from this type of waking imagery deficit. As Damien clearly
demonstrates, it's not necessarily an impairment, which is
why it can hide so well.
3% is an awful lot of people.
Colin Hales
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