Eva Jablonka's concept links aphantasia to the evolution of language
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-11-11
- The post shares Eva Jablonka's concept "Aphantasia and the evolution of language."
- Accompanied by a 3-axis conceptual diagram mapping linguistic schematizing capacity, visual-imagery memory, and social communication to locate aphantasics, neurotypicals, hyperphantasics, autistic savants, and ancestral humans.
- A cognitive-science framing relevant to debates on whether reduced mental imagery drives symbolic language ability.
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