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Could you explain a bit more about how you "visualize numbers" ? You say you see them along a path. How exactly does the path represent the number ? Is it th

• rtplasma 11y ago
  To clarify, I visualize the number line. It is actually a curve which extends into space like a meander, and certain distinct numbers are located on points with large curvatures (e.g. 10 and 20). It is somehow "logarithmic-cyclic", so that the shape of the curve starts over for every 3-power -- 10^0, 10^3, 10^6. The shape of the number space from 10^3 to 10^6 looks the same as for 10^0 to 10^3, except the representation in space appear scaled-up or larger. I do not know how common this perception is :)
• rtplasma 11y ago
  I do not perceive a "high-resolution"-curve (for example, 14 and 15 is hard to distinguish on the curve, but 12 and 18 is easy to distinguish). So, when I think about a number I approximately know where on the curve to assign it.