My thinking style has changed twice in my lifetime; I’m going to ramble on about this for a while. I will do a better job of describing me now than when I was younger, because I have a bad memory and it’s hard to remember how I used to think.
When I was young (up until the age of 10-12) I just thought in thoughts. I was very quick back then; I could do mental arithmetic and problem solving much faster than I can now, for instance.
Then for just a few years, I started thinking visually. I read all the time during this period; I probably read a ten times as many books in junior high and high school than I have since (I’m 4th year in college). When I remembered something I’d picture the page on the book where I had seen it.
Now I think more verbally. I hear something like a “mental voice”. It’s very slow compared to either of the others. I think I’m starting to skip my mental dialogue a little lately. I go to lectures and don’t read books, which I never would have done in high school. I also am a lot more social; I’m not sure if there’s a connection. When I remember something it can be visual or verbal. I also remember things somewhat abstractly sometimes, especially ideas like math. It feels like they’re part of me. I’m not sure how long the abstract thing has been going on, it may not be new.
My thinking style has changed twice in my lifetime; I’m going to ramble on about this for a while. I will do a better job of describing me now than when I was younger, because I have a bad memory and it’s hard to remember how I used to think.
When I was young (up until the age of 10-12) I just thought in thoughts. I was very quick back then; I could do mental arithmetic and problem solving much faster than I can now, for instance.
Then for just a few years, I started thinking visually. I read all the time during this period; I probably read a ten times as many books in junior high and high school than I have since (I’m 4th year in college). When I remembered something I’d picture the page on the book where I had seen it.
Now I think more verbally. I hear something like a “mental voice”. It’s very slow compared to either of the others. I think I’m starting to skip my mental dialogue a little lately. I go to lectures and don’t read books, which I never would have done in high school. I also am a lot more social; I’m not sure if there’s a connection. When I remember something it can be visual or verbal. I also remember things somewhat abstractly sometimes, especially ideas like math. It feels like they’re part of me. I’m not sure how long the abstract thing has been going on, it may not be new.