Detail orientedness

[Keith]

If you were to see an X made of Os, what would you notice first: the X or the Os? I've found that I'd probably notice the Os first.

 

[Keith]

I think I'm like that with music sometimes. For one thing, I think that the riff in the chorus of Deep Purple's Space Truckin' sounds like the main riff in Metallica's Enter Sandman.

 

[meff]

I'm very detail oriented as well. Though, when I first look at something I see the whole object all at once but quickly become bored with or overwhelmed by the whole picture and immediately start breaking it down into details. I tend to observe its entirety while focusing on a point, which is easier on my eyes.
I find my penchant for detail comes in a lot of handy since I'm going into a creative field and have generally held creative or constructive jobs. Even in retail I had to arrange merch on shelves daily. I love just zeroing in on the details of a job and working at it bit by bit. Very therapeutic.

 

[Keith]

I did also take a history of jazz and rock class in college.

 

[Autism]

If you were to see an X made of Os, what would you notice first: the X or the Os? I've found that I'd probably notice the Os first.

I would notice the x first, so why is that?

 

[meff]

Same here, Autism. But I would wind up simultaneously looking at the X AND the Os, with concentrated focus on the Os.

 

[Keith]

I would notice the x first, so why is that?

You are not detail-oriented. Most Aspergians would see the O's first because we see the sum before the whole.

 

[meff]

You are not detail-oriented. Most Aspergians would see the O's first because we see the sum before the whole.

I always thought detail-oriented just meant that one focused mainly on details, not that details were the first thing that person sees.

 

[Keith]

I suppose that is one definition.

 

[Judge]

In terms of communication, we may not always understand Neurotypicals, but this doesn't preclude us from surmising that what they say is not necessarily what they mean. Or that "the details" of their message may be elsewhere to be found.

So it makes sense to me that we would likely gravitate towards looking for that "sum" rather than the whole. Make any sense?

 

[Keith]

One thing I have a habit of doing is making acronyms and anagrams of random words. I also count the syllables and letters in each word. I don't do it all the time, though.

 

[rollerskate]

First the x, then the o, then I would start noticing inconsistencies in the o and the overall x, counting them, categorizing them, finding similarities in their placement....

This is why I'm currently diagnosed as ocd. That plus the fact if I notice during this process that everything is not perfectly formed, spaced, geometric, etc. It would begin to irritate me like a mosquito buzzing around my ear.