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    It is not the case that Creative thought often relies on visualization.

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    • 1.Galton's 1880 survey revealed that many eminent scientists, including mathematicians, reported vivid mental imagery was absent in their creative work.
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    • 2.Hadamard's own data showed a significant subset of mathematicians relied on abstract, non-visual 'feelings of direction' rather than imagery.
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    • 3.Anecdotal self-reports from introspection are methodologically unreliable as evidence for the cognitive basis of creative thought.
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    • 1.Congenitally blind individuals demonstrate robust creative capacity across mathematics, music, and literature without access to visual representation.
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    • 2.Aphantasia research (Zeman et al., 2015) documents that individuals with no capacity for mental imagery produce creative work indistinguishable in quality from imagery-capable peers.
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    • Early 20th-century observations by Poincaré and Hadamard noted that creative thought frequently involves visualization.
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