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Overcoming Obstacles: I didn't know everyone else had these superpowers with government scientist, David Payne
Secret Life of a Graduate Student
22 minutes
5 years ago
Overcoming Obstacles: I didn't know everyone else had these superpowers with government scientist, David Payne
Megan interviews newly minted government scientist David Payne about his undocumented condition called aphantasia. David didn't know until after graduating from his PhD that he didn't have a mind's eye. It was like discovering that everyone else had superpowers. He talks about how he found ways to subconsciously cope with his differences, and how post-PhD the effort to cope is much more mindful.
