How vividly can you see pictures and scenes inside your mind?

[AuAL]

Like Temple Grandin, I think in pictures. Like @Wolfiedog, I thought everyone could do this. This was just the way you did it. I still find it difficult to imagine a mental life without pictures, though I do make use of tokens for abstract concepts.
Like @Ronald Zeeman, I visualise algorithmic/physical/engineering processes to understand, interpret, manipulate and design.
I remember in pictures. (I don’t remember street names, I remember what they look like.)
I remember faces, but rarely names.
I dream in full-colour, moving images, but I don’t remember the dialogue. (Though I may remember the emotional impact, and what I understood of the meaning of the words I heard.) I have had episodes of lucid dreaming while waking, where I can start to “steer” the dream.

 

[maleonolo]

Like Temple Grandin, I think in pictures. Like @Wolfiedog, I thought everyone could do this. This was just the way you did it. I still find it difficult to imagine a mental life without pictures, though I do make use of tokens for abstract concepts.
Like @Ronald Zeeman, I visualise algorithmic/physical/engineering processes to understand, interpret, manipulate and design.
I remember in pictures. (I don’t remember street names, I remember what they look like.)
I remember faces, but rarely names.
I dream in full-colour, moving images, but I don’t remember the dialogue. (Though I may remember the emotional impact, and what I understood of the meaning of the words I heard.) I have had episodes of lucid dreaming while waking, where I can start to “steer” the dream.

Can you think in terms of after images? Like if I imagine getting up I can see various frames of myself leaving my chair. This is conscious though not automatic. My normal thought process, generally speaking, is a mix of voices, images and emotions. Sometimes I don't see or hear anything but come to an answer

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Found out a few years ago most people dream in black an white I dream in colour.

 

[maleonolo]

Found out a few years ago most people dream in black an white I dream in colour.

No I'm pretty sure most people dream in colour

 

[AuAL]

Can you think in terms of after images? Like if I imagine getting up I can see various frames of myself leaving my chair. This is conscious though not automatic. My normal thought process, generally speaking, is a mix of voices, images and emotions. Sometimes I don't see or hear anything but come to an answer

No, my view of the world is that it is external. Some speak of the eyes as “the windows to the soul”. My eyes are windows I sit behind and look out of. Think of an Arquillian. I do not see myself out there.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

3d moving images and scenes that rotate and develop and never stay static.

 

[maleonolo]

3d moving images and scenes that rotate and develop and never stay static.

Do you like to daydream?

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Do you like to daydream?

Yes, it's a survival skill of mine.

It is very hard to hold a static image in my mind. It is always turning, propelling, transitioning, as if on a display, showing the different angles and how it works. The image is always in motion, like a film. When I envision the same thing twice it rarely is exactly the same.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

If I'm in twilight sleep in front of on TV my mind makes up its own pictures with the TV dialog, very strange when eyes open and I become aware,

 

[Davi Truwer]

It's always cool to see the unique ways our minds work! I can relate to thinking in images versus words—sometimes it feels like a movie playing in my head whenever I'm trying to solve a problem or remember something. It can be really helpful for certain creative tasks, but I get how it might be tricky in more “word-based” or academic settings.

Does anyone here find that visual thinking helps with decision-making or remembering details? Or do you have a different way your thoughts come together? I love hearing about everyone's cognitive styles, and it's fascinating how much variety there is—let’s keep sharing what works and what challenges we’ve faced!

 

[Tired]

It's always cool to see the unique ways our minds work! I can relate to thinking in images versus words—sometimes it feels like a movie playing in my head whenever I'm trying to solve a problem or remember something. It can be really helpful for certain creative tasks, but I get how it might be tricky in more “word-based” or academic settings.

Does anyone here find that visual thinking helps with decision-making or remembering details? Or do you have a different way your thoughts come together? I love hearing about everyone's cognitive styles, and it's fascinating how much variety there is—let’s keep sharing what works and what challenges we’ve faced!

Why are you writing using AI?

 

[Grondhammar]

It's been really nice to read over everyone's replies, such an interesting topic.

I'm really slow in conversation, and finally like six months ago realised that a big part is that, when I'm listening to someone speak or reading words on a page, I'm creating a mental image/model of what they're saying. It's impossible for me to recall conversations in detail even two minutes after they're done (though I'm really good at beating myself up for social screw-ups). I think that's because these mental models take the place of words in my brain.

So, when I want to respond, I examine the mental model, and turn it around, and find something curious or interesting about it. And by that time usually the conversation has moved on.

Remembering where the car keys are (or anything else physical) is always about a picture popping up in my head of the last context I saw them in. Same with faces. Names are impossible though -- I have to translate them into pneumonics and pictures.

Loving the thread, thanks everyone for sharing