Posted by Everett on July 29, 1999 at 20:55:39:
In Reply to: Re: how do you think? posted by Everett on July 29, 1999 at 17:26:10:
> > Hey Zu... welcome to the board, Eh :)
> > Speaking for myself, I tend to think almost entirely in words. My imagination is practically 100% verbal. The exception comes when I write; I often get 'flashes' of very vivid images... but they only last a split second before disappearing to be replaced by words which tell me exactly what was happening in the picture. I can't think in pictures. I can't go more than a couple of seconds of looking at an image (in my head or otherwise) without trying to explain what's going on in words. If I can't define my experiences in words as they're happening, I usually don't take home any lasting impressions.
> > The only odd thing is that while I find it very hard to remember faces or events in terms of pictures, I never forget places. I can see places I visited once five years ago as clearly as I were sitting in them today. But other than that, it's all verbal for me.
> Wow! If I had taken the time to really give the matter serious consideration, I would have described my thought process in the exact same way! I thought the part about remembering places but not faces or events to be eerily like myself.
> Ev
Tal & others,
Since you think primarily in words, do you find it hard to read quickly? The concept of speef reading, where you skip whole blocks of words, is totally alien to me. I think that maybe this is because I'm using the words to form mental images and skipping some would be like putting holes in the canvas.
Ev