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I can't imagine doing math or electronics in my head without some concept of internal visualization. Assuming you do those things (if not there is likely someth

by anyfoo 5y ago

I can't imagine doing math or electronics in my head without some concept of internal visualization. Assuming you do those things (if not there is likely something else that applies): When you rearrange equations in your head, are you not having some visual representation of them (actual equations in an otherwise empty space for me) that you manipulate? When you think about a circuit, don't you mentally think about where the current goes in an actual visual representation of the circuit? What about having read a textbook, can you sometimes remember roughly where on the page a particular graph or equation or whatever was? I think the answers to these questions might help me at least to figure out whether we think differently, or it's just a different description.

JshWright 5y ago
For me it feels a lot more like proprioception. I understand the relationship of those things in the same way I understand where my arm is if I raise it over my head with my eyes closed. I have a very good directional sense, and I feel the same way about maps, etc. I can't visualize them at all, but I understand where things are in relation to each other. I am 100% sure I cannot visualize things. I have been able, with _lot_ of concentration, "visualize" a blob of color. I was unable to control the shape or size, but could (kind of) control the color (between the choices of red, green, and purple). It was incredibly vivid, and I'm convinced that's what "visualizing means, and that people can do it with actual objects and scenes.