Comment by nottorp

Hmm I'm pretty sure I have some degree of aphantasia, because I read a lot but I never visualize what's going on (or not consciously, at least).

However, back in school when we did elementary geometry I had no problem solving everything, to the point I even qualified for the national math competitions once.

Maybe though, it's because i was drawing helper figures on paper instead of imagining them.

I have no problem with figure matching IQ style tests, as opposed to one of the sibling posters.

Edit: oh interesting, lower in the article. I have absolutely no problem with spatial navigation, on the contrary, I'm better than many people. But for example if we're retracing our steps on a mountain path I can't tell you in advance what were the landmarks to look for. I will recognize them as soon as we see them or notice we're missing any landmarks though.