Author Topic: Do people actually think in pictures?  (Read 1922 times)

I think only in naked pictures.


When I read books my head acts it out. So I basically imagine everythign as I read it, as if reading a picture book.

Another point is that some people (me included) See all memories and thoughts in third person instead of first.
magical.
I switch in and out of this.
When you read do you imagine what's happening in pictures, or do you just see the text and memorize/absorb it?
I always have the image appear as I read, and actually drift out of reality in a sense.
I forget I am reading the book and just see the books reality in my mind in image and moving image.
However, I do fritz out of this, like above.
And at the same time, it's the same sort of concept of when I'm reading and I think of something different.
That thought appears in my mind, meanwhile my body keeps on reading.

And when I mention that I drift out of reality and forget I'm reading, I mean that the act of me reading, turns into that feeling of when you breathe automatically without thinking about it.
When I read books my head acts it out. So I basically imagine everythign as I read it, as if reading a picture book.
This is a good explanation of what I mean, except I stop focussing on forcing myself to read, and my mind continues to do that while I enjoy the pretty pictures.
As if being read a story by someone else and you just listen to the words and look at the pictures.

But in general, I suppose I switch in and out of textual and image based thinking, and that too switches between third person and first person thinking too.

It depends on how you learn. Some people learn easier by hearing stuff and others by seeing it. I learn better by hearing(usually) so I think in terms of sound. When I read, I hear what's going on. It really depends on the person.

It depends on how you learn. Some people learn easier by hearing stuff and others by seeing it. I learn better by hearing(usually) so I think in terms of sound. When I read, I hear what's going on. It really depends on the person.
I learn better if I hear it and read it.

I think in images or sounds, smells too.

I think in images and sounds.  For example, if I were to think of, oh...  Let's say I'm thinking of Rainbow Dash saying "Why does everyone think I'm a lesbian!?", I would imagine (both visually and audibly) exactly that.  I often have trouble putting my thoughts into words, because I think mostly visually.  Also, I think in smells and (physical) feelings (i.e. I can imagine quite accurately what it would feel like to have a tail.  I don't really even know how to explain it properly.)

I think in images or sounds, smells too.
I've never thought in smells.
It is very difficult for me to even try to think of a specific smell.

Ooh!  I also think in tastes!  :D  Also, I experience all of the senses in my dreams.  It can be unpleasant when I have a nightmare about being tortured, though.  :/
« Last Edit: June 29, 2011, 04:20:21 PM by Telly »

ive replaced the voice in my head with the soothing electronic female voice from every overhead speaker in every sci fi movie.

People think in words then pictures. the deaf most likely think in pictures unless they turned deaf after learning english, but even then they may think in pictures later in their life.

ive replaced the voice in my head with the soothing electronic female voice from every overhead speaker in every sci fi movie.
I replaced mine with Michael Bolton's voice

People learn when they are taught.