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Abstract：
The authors are both self-described congenital aphantasics, who feel they have never been able to have volitional imagined visual experiences during their waking lives. In addition, Loren has atypical experiences of a number of visual phenomena that involve an extrapolation or integration of visual information across space. In this perspective, we describe Loren\'s atypical experiences of a number of visual phenomena, and we suggest these ensue because her visual experiences are not strongly shaped by inhibitory feedback or by prior expectations. We describe Loren as having Deep Aphantasia, and Derek as shallow, as for both a paucity of feedback might prevent the generation of imagined visual experiences, but for Loren this additionally seems to disrupt activity at a sufficiently early locus to cause atypical experiences of actual visual inputs. Our purpose in describing these subjective experiences is to alert others to the possibility of there being sub-classes of congenital aphantasia, one of which-Deep Aphantasia, would be characterized by atypical experiences of actual visual inputs.
摘要：
作者都是自述的先天性躁狂，他们觉得他们在醒着的生活中从来没有过自愿想象的视觉体验。此外,Loren对许多视觉现象有非典型的经验，这些现象涉及跨空间的视觉信息的外推或整合。从这个角度来看,我们描述了洛伦对许多视觉现象的非典型经历，我们建议这样做，因为她的视觉体验并没有受到抑制性反馈或先前期望的强烈影响。我们把罗兰描述为深阿方症，和德里克一样肤浅，至于缺乏反馈可能会阻止想象中的视觉体验的产生，但是对于Loren来说，这似乎还会破坏足够早的位置的活动，从而导致实际视觉输入的非典型体验。我们描述这些主观经历的目的是提醒其他人可能存在先天性失速症的子类，其中之一——深阿方症，将以实际视觉输入的非典型体验为特征。
