After a bit of self-experimentation, I’ve concluded that I almost (but not quite) completely lack any visual experience accompanying anything verbal. Even when I self-prompt, telling myself to spell a word, nothing really appears by default (though I can make an image of the word appear with a bit of focus, it’s very difficult to try to ‘read’ off of it).
Not generally, no, for either fiction or non-fiction. This may be why i’ve never been able to relate to the sense of getting ‘lost’ inside a book—they’ve never been as evocative for me as they seem to for others.
After a bit of self-experimentation, I’ve concluded that I almost (but not quite) completely lack any visual experience accompanying anything verbal. Even when I self-prompt, telling myself to spell a word, nothing really appears by default (though I can make an image of the word appear with a bit of focus, it’s very difficult to try to ‘read’ off of it).
I wonder how typical (or atypical) this is.
quite typical.
Do you get any visual images when you read?
Not generally, no, for either fiction or non-fiction. This may be why i’ve never been able to relate to the sense of getting ‘lost’ inside a book—they’ve never been as evocative for me as they seem to for others.