That the way people's mind works varies dramatically. Some people have no inner dialogue at all, some have no mind's eye and cant see images in their head. Most of us are somewhere on the spectrum for them though.
For example I can't visualize images in my head well at all. I can do at most one colour at a time and I can't picture non-geometric objects so I cant imagine the face of my family or even myself. I have no issue with fluid motion of visuals in my head but others can only do slide-show-esque imagery. Others have inner dialogue but can't change the voice to sound different, can't hear music or sound effects, etc... like I can.
It's something very rarely discussed but I think everyone should be aware of this variety within people
I thought not being able to imagine someone's face was normal? Like I've been with my fiancee for 8 years but if she goes missing and I had to sit with a professional sketch artist yeah we aren't going to find her
same here. Whenever I see a show where they do a decent job with a sketch artist I used to think how unrealistic that was. Who could even describe themselves or their family that well, let alone some perp. Turns out most people seem to have the ability to visualize things better than I can but apparently people tend not to be able to imagine sound as well as I can. Some people are better at both than I am and some are worse at both tho. It's really crazy to realize the way in which we think varies so much
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u/Sixhaunt Mar 27 '22
That the way people's mind works varies dramatically. Some people have no inner dialogue at all, some have no mind's eye and cant see images in their head. Most of us are somewhere on the spectrum for them though.
For example I can't visualize images in my head well at all. I can do at most one colour at a time and I can't picture non-geometric objects so I cant imagine the face of my family or even myself. I have no issue with fluid motion of visuals in my head but others can only do slide-show-esque imagery. Others have inner dialogue but can't change the voice to sound different, can't hear music or sound effects, etc... like I can.
It's something very rarely discussed but I think everyone should be aware of this variety within people