I think it's more along the lines of an agnosia or aphasia. They receive the sam...

jaggederest on Oct 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: What is it like to have never felt an emotion?

I think it's more along the lines of an agnosia or aphasia. They receive the same somatic input, it's just not translated into affect the way most people do, in the same way that a face doesn't register 'faceness' to someone with prosopagnosia.