Perhaps it is different, but at the same time it has a very large effect on dream recall and induction techniques, both by the simple fact that I and other aphantasics can't even do techniques like DEILD, VILD and the visual part of MILD, and as I said possibly due to helping a person focus more, especially during that half awake state when focus is required the most for an induction. I don't have that, I can only count without seeing/visualizing anything and I have to rely on that if I want to do a WILD type induction, FILD also, though it never worked for me.