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I think I've stored basic information as to color degree, like "X is very dark blue" and "Y is light blue." I'd have to actually see the objects to settle a clo

I think I've stored basic information as to color degree, like "X is very dark blue" and "Y is light blue." I'd have to actually see the objects to settle a close contest. Trial and error for matching colors. Thanks for the insight on the "milk voice." You'd think by now I'd learn not to assume anything. I thought the "neutral inner voice" was universal.

frooxie 10y ago
> I thought the "neutral inner voice" was universal. For me, most of the time, I don't have any kind of inner voice. I don't usually think in words; thinking is more like combining abstract symbols/feelings/concepts in a way that's more immediate and less linear than language.
- blakeross 10y ago
  Really?! That is fascinating to me. I am 100% language on the inside.
  - codingdave 10y ago
    That begs another question - if you are doing something althletic (or even soemthing simple like driving a car), do you develop "muscle memory" the same as other people, or do you need to actually think through each motion you perform?
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    - UniZero 10y ago
      There was a study done a while back that looked at whether people could improve at video games by imagining themselves playing. IIRC the participants who imagined practicing showed a comparable amount of improvement in contrast to those who actually played. Can't find the link unfortunately.
      - fpoling 10y ago
        Similarly I read once that during recovery from a trauma that prevents to do a particular physical activity if one imagines doing that activity, then it shorten the recovery time and leads to less muscle dystrophy.
  - ksml 10y ago
    This is slightly off-topic, but I just wanted to say thank you for writing this article! I never knew people thought/imagined in so many different ways. Personally, like codingdave, my "milk voice" is my own voice. I can "hear" my voice, with texture, inflection, and everything, as if I were reading my thoughts out loud. The milk voice doesn't have to be my own; I can vividly imagine the voice of anyone else I've heard. I have often wondered about that; how is it that with so little sample data (hearing someone talk for only a few seconds) I'm able to imagine them saying _anything_, with any inflection?
  - Terretta 10y ago
    Curious if you've cross-correlated aphantasia or imaginary visuals of people with empathy or EQ.
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frooxie 10y ago

> I thought the "neutral inner voice" was universal. For me, most of the time, I don't have any kind of inner voice. I don't usually think in words; thinking is more like combining abstract symbols/feelings/concepts in a way that's more immediate and less linear than language.

blakeross 10y ago
Really?! That is fascinating to me. I am 100% language on the inside.
- codingdave 10y ago
  That begs another question - if you are doing something althletic (or even soemthing simple like driving a car), do you develop "muscle memory" the same as other people, or do you need to actually think through each motion you perform?
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  - UniZero 10y ago
    There was a study done a while back that looked at whether people could improve at video games by imagining themselves playing. IIRC the participants who imagined practicing showed a comparable amount of improvement in contrast to those who actually played. Can't find the link unfortunately.
    - fpoling 10y ago
      Similarly I read once that during recovery from a trauma that prevents to do a particular physical activity if one imagines doing that activity, then it shorten the recovery time and leads to less muscle dystrophy.
- ksml 10y ago
  This is slightly off-topic, but I just wanted to say thank you for writing this article! I never knew people thought/imagined in so many different ways. Personally, like codingdave, my "milk voice" is my own voice. I can "hear" my voice, with texture, inflection, and everything, as if I were reading my thoughts out loud. The milk voice doesn't have to be my own; I can vividly imagine the voice of anyone else I've heard. I have often wondered about that; how is it that with so little sample data (hearing someone talk for only a few seconds) I'm able to imagine them saying _anything_, with any inflection?
- Terretta 10y ago
  Curious if you've cross-correlated aphantasia or imaginary visuals of people with empathy or EQ.

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