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Originally Posted by barryem
There are different kinds of visualization when reading. I'm pretty bad at following descriptions well enough to follow action sequences that depend on them. I get pretty lost in those and just keep reading somewhat mechanically till i learn the outcome.
On the other hand if they're describing a place to set the mood or to point out it's beauty I can usually see that.
I think it falls apart for me if I have to understand the spatial relationships.
I don't really think I visualize any less with an audiobook than with visual reading. Of course that depends on the narrator.
One not too serious way to look at all this is that if the narrator is better than our own internal voice listening is superior. If not, reading is. 
Barry
Barry |
I am like you. I usually just skim over any kind of action sequence such as a fight or chase because it's too hard to visualize it. I don't generally read books that have a lot of action scenes.