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Angst · 07-30-2010, 05:59 PM

I definitely visualize when I am reading. Especially fiction. I am creating a movie in my mind based on the words on the page. Sometimes, if a passage is especially graphic/interesting, I will put down the book and continue imagining where the "movie" is going.

I am a slow reader. I read at the same speed I talk, saying each word in my mind as I read. At the same time I am building the "movie" in my mind. Although this doesn't always work with technical documents, often I am trying to put the formula's and concepts into graphical form as an aid to understand a concept: finding examples, building graphs, comparing what I know against new material. I find if I can visualize something, I can understand it, and remember it.

I have talked with friends about this visualization process. Some do, some don't. Examples of visualization from real life:
A lamp shade is imagined as spinning in 3D
The calendar year is visualized as a circle.

I suspect this is much like the left brain, right brain dominance in some people. Some people may feel emotions brought about by reading words while other people visualize those same words.

07-30-2010, 05:59 PM	#104
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,878 Karma: 52253556 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	I definitely visualize when I am reading. Especially fiction. I am creating a movie in my mind based on the words on the page. Sometimes, if a passage is especially graphic/interesting, I will put down the book and continue imagining where the "movie" is going. I am a slow reader. I read at the same speed I talk, saying each word in my mind as I read. At the same time I am building the "movie" in my mind. Although this doesn't always work with technical documents, often I am trying to put the formula's and concepts into graphical form as an aid to understand a concept: finding examples, building graphs, comparing what I know against new material. I find if I can visualize something, I can understand it, and remember it. I have talked with friends about this visualization process. Some do, some don't. Examples of visualization from real life: A lamp shade is imagined as spinning in 3D The calendar year is visualized as a circle. I suspect this is much like the left brain, right brain dominance in some people. Some people may feel emotions brought about by reading words while other people visualize those same words.