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Originally Posted by cfrizz
Reading uses our eyes, listening uses our ears, two different senses utilizing two different body parts.
Neither of which compromises our comprehension of the material.
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Except for the inherent speed difference. Spoken word is so much slower, that I require another mostly-mindless activity (driving long distances on the highway) to avoid mental wandering. Which DOES affect comprehension!
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Originally Posted by crich70
But A and B are not equivalent in this case are they? When you read text you have to visualize solely in your head what is happening. ...
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You don't *have* to visualize it in your head. I rarely do. That requires slowing down and forming a mental image. Until a detail about the setting *matters* (to the story), I don't stop to visualize it at all. Nor do I have anything but a vague blob image of the characters. I don't care what they look like, only what happens next.