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[โ€“] bysmuth@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

I can imagine an apple like in 1, maybe not with light reflections, but with colors and can rotate it around. But it takes a lot of concentration and effort and i'm never really sure if i'm just conceptualizing it.

I'd like to ask a different question. If you imagine something disgusting (like biting into a rotten, moldy apple) do you feel disgust? I always found it super weird when people feel disgusted at hearing a description of something disgusting and involuntarily imagining it. Meanwhile i have to do a concious effort and even then doesn't evoke nearly the same response as seeing something real

[โ€“] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

I think it's only a small percentage that do this as a norm, but I think if you have a personal connection to the thing being described it can trigger a reaction like that in a much larger group of people. As an example: if you've traumatically broken a specific bone you're more likely to cringe at a story about someone else breaking that bone than a person who's never broken any bones.

[โ€“] And009@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago

The disgust can be triggered from memories of foul smell, taste and how their parents reacted even.

Not necessarily a reaction coming from visualing a brown apple. Hope that clear it a bit.

[โ€“] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

I do have a vivid imagination, but when I imagine doing something disgusting voluntarily I can anticipate it. Not so much when I imagine it from hearing or reading a story and in the middle of imagining things.