Eli5 – How does the “inner eye” work?

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I have aphantasia, a mental disorder where I lack all internal visualization. I cannot “picture” things in my mind, I think in words and numbers and such. With this, I am very curious how the mental imagery works for the rest of you. Do you see it separate from your main vision? Does it get interposed? Is it like picture in picture? I’m baffled!

TIA.

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Like a 3D rendering on a computer screen. It’s always black and white, but you can spin the image and look at it from different angles and build or modify it at will. It’s fairly useful when problem solving any architectural designs. Sometimes it takes more focus than others though.

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