steve_bank
Diabetic retinopathy and poor eyesight. Typos ...
Well, I’ve reconsidered, or re-thought this (HA!). I do see images when I think. For example, when I think of my car, an image forms in my head instantaneously.
However, I’m not sure which comes first, the word of the image.
Thanks for the clarifying definitions, DBT. I may read the whole article if I have time. I have to admit I have long used the “memory theater” technique (described by Yates, referenced in the article) as a tool for memorizing lists.
However, I’m still not clear about what actually thinking in images might mean, other than just copying other actions, but I am open to the possibility. It seems to me that there is some layer of thinking that comes before visualization or words.
Steve: Interestingly, there are linguists (e.g. George Lakoff) who posit that all language (and therefore all thought?) is built from metaphor. Lakoff even has a book out describing mathematics as metaphor. I look forward to viewing the squirrel video as soon as I locate it.
Images? Are you sure? Not more like 3D renderings or clouds of structures? That what experiences. Not flat 2D images
Way back in the 70s when I first Read The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings Imagined what it would look like as I read. When the first movie came out it was similar to what I imagined. It is called imagination.
In a book on Tibetan Yoga there was a technique. Look at a complex image like a mandela. Close your eyes and pan and zoom the mental image.
I see mechanical structures in 3D. When I took mechanical drawing before computers my problem was I couldn't draw a straight line with a ruler. Could not easily translated mental pictures to paper.
Right now I am picturing naked women in living color....it is called daydreaming. Have you ever had a dream you couldn't tell from reality?
When I was in the hospital I stared having hallucinations while awake from drug combos. It was like watching TV.