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I have that too (minus colors, if you actually see colors in your mind, colors in my mind is only an conceptual attribute attached to a thing). How do you arti

by bhaak 5y ago

I have that too (minus colors, if you actually see colors in your mind, colors in my mind is only an conceptual attribute attached to a thing). How do you articulate speech? With me, the concepts in my mind just turn into vocalized words. It's note even an effort, it just happens when I want to speak. Like my thoughts move the muscles in my arms. I don't know how and I am surprised that my line of thought rarely stumbles and doesn't produce the correct words. I think it should be some kind of effort to turn that wordless cloud of abstract thoughts and concepts into words but it just isn't. I do have vocalization when I'm reading or when I'm preparing a text (like this one I'm just writing). But this is just to get the phrases and wordings the way I like them to be with the right effect.

pbhjpbhj 5y ago
I'm the same, re not having internally-vocalised thought. Can you read without vocalising though? That was an idea I discovered on HN, in the context of speed reading. Seems we go from reading out loud, to reading in our heads (internally-vocalising), but you can continue and read without the internal-vocalisation. I can do it a bit, but under test conditions I only picked up about half of what I would do when I read to myself in my head. Amazing how different people's headspaces are.
- bhaak 5y ago
  I also encountered the vocalising/non-vocalising thing when going into speedreading. I can supress the vocalising with a bit of conscious effort but it's not the vocalising that limits my reading speed. It's all the rest that goes on in my mind that processes the information I just read. If I'm looking for some specific words, not vocalising is helpful but if I need to remember and understand the text I'm reading, I do vocalising as that doesn't impact the rest that goes on in my mind. So I'm not a speedreader but it did help me to improve my glancing skills and if I need to I can count really fast now by visualizing the numbers turning into each other.

by bhaak 5y ago

pbhjpbhj 5y ago

I'm the same, re not having internally-vocalised thought. Can you read without vocalising though? That was an idea I discovered on HN, in the context of speed reading. Seems we go from reading out loud, to reading in our heads (internally-vocalising), but you can continue and read without the internal-vocalisation. I can do it a bit, but under test conditions I only picked up about half of what I would do when I read to myself in my head. Amazing how different people's headspaces are.

bhaak 5y ago
I also encountered the vocalising/non-vocalising thing when going into speedreading. I can supress the vocalising with a bit of conscious effort but it's not the vocalising that limits my reading speed. It's all the rest that goes on in my mind that processes the information I just read. If I'm looking for some specific words, not vocalising is helpful but if I need to remember and understand the text I'm reading, I do vocalising as that doesn't impact the rest that goes on in my mind. So I'm not a speedreader but it did help me to improve my glancing skills and if I need to I can count really fast now by visualizing the numbers turning into each other.