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01 Dec 2010, 11:24 pm

I think in pictures with words narrating them, sometimes, I think more in pictures, other times I think more in words. I have these waves where at sometimes I am more autistic than others, if that makes any sense at all. When I am more autistic, there are no words, just pictures and my skin is more hypersensitive than usual, sounds are more bothersome, and colors are brighter. It is in these moments that I get lost in the beauty of visual objects and bathe in an almost spiritual experience when I see something that is visually interesting. While I am in this state, there are no words, no pictures, no thoughts at all, just surrounded by unexplainable beauty upon looking at something facinating. I get lost in my world at this point, but what a beautiful world it is. It always worries my mom when I get like this because she has a harder time communicating with me as I dont understand much of the words comming out of her mouth. I hear mostly just sounds but no meaning. The good thing is that this only last a day or two and then I am back to my higher functioning self. It seems like I switch from lower functioning to higher functioning like high tide and low tide. When I am higher functioning, my thoughts are mostly words with some images that are broken and flashing from scene to scene as I am thinking. I read in the merrik manual that my episodes of hearing what people say but not connecting meaning to them, could be a type of seizure, as I have a documented seizure disorder, this is possible

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01 Dec 2010, 11:59 pm

anbuend wrote:

No thank you.

Temple Grandin has a problem with under-recognizing how many ways of thinking there are. There's no "none of the above" option.

Let me add that option

Update: Nevermind, looks like I can't add it, sorry

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02 Dec 2010, 12:06 am

Loke wrote:

How are these "specialized"? Doesn't everybody think verbally or visually, etc...?

Yes but I think by "specialized" she means the way you think most the time, or more often.

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02 Dec 2010, 4:08 am

Zedition wrote:

What about spatial thinking?

http://www.neurolearning.com/spatial.htm

People frequently confuse spatial thinking with visual. True spatial thinking is not visual thinking. For example: Draw me a picture of independence. Show me a picture of enlightenment. Tell me about what time looks like. Independence, enlightenment and time are ideas - ideas are an explanation of the relationship between things, either a placeholder for an explanation of how things work, or a summary of explanations around what things mean.

Since spatial thinking has to do with relationships, it comes from our lizard-brain ability to imagine a path between locations in our heads. This evolved into the primate brain being able to predict who was friends with who, or how many fruits person X will give you for a dead rat vs. person Y's offer. In modern humans, spatial thinking is our ability to dream, create, investigate and predict. I can use it to tell a story (verbal), draw a picture (visual), imagine a pattern (music), or predict economics (math). Spatial thinking is the core of human intuition.

My primary thinking is spatial.

I've been reading about spatial thinking for a few hours, as you said it is often associated with visual, some mention visual/spatial and auditory/sequential thinking, but it seems spatial thinking is assumed to be a part of our lives whether we are conscious of it or not, so I guess this is why Temple Grandin didn't mention it as a category. I think I understand what you mean tho, you are conscious of, and especially good at (or gifted etc), spatial thinking.

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Even though the use of spatial thinking is ubiquitous in everyday life as well as in scientific research, few people are aware of how much they depend on spatial thinking as they carry out normal activities. Most people learn to drive, rearrange their furniture, choose the best route to the beach, remember where they left their keys or locate what they are looking for in the grocery store. However, using spatial thinking to accomplish such tasks is not the same as what has been defined as spatial literacy (National Research Council, 2006). If few people are conscious of their own use of spatial thinking as they perform these tasks, probably even fewer can explicitly describe the spatial concepts or thought processes they use to engage in these and other more abstract spatial problem-solving tasks.

quote is from this document http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/sectio ... =713240928

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02 Dec 2010, 7:32 am

anbuend wrote:

No thank you.

Temple Grandin has a problem with under-recognizing how many ways of thinking there are. There's no "none of the above" option.

^This.

I'm strongest in the musical domain, and I always have music in my head, but my primary mode of thinking DOES NOT CORRESPOND to any of the 5 senses.

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02 Dec 2010, 7:53 am

Oki, then. I think in sounds, I guess. Words or music. I'm totally incabable of visualizing anything at all.

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02 Dec 2010, 8:10 am

Loke wrote:

Oki, then. I think in sounds, I guess. Words or music. I'm totally incabable of visualizing anything at all.

Me too. I'm completely incapable of any visual thinking. I only know two other people in real life (off the internet) that can't do any visual thinking. One has ADHD (visual-spatial deficits are fairly common in people with ADHD) and the other is likely an undiagnosed Aspie.

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02 Dec 2010, 3:05 pm

I picked "mix".

Mainly visual, with verbal second. Math third.

Like music, but cant create original tunes.

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03 Dec 2010, 12:16 am

Verbal. I've been having a continuous "conversation" with myself as long as I can remember - not literally back and forth and not hearing voices but analysing, planning and so forth.

I've never been good at drawing or estimating distances or the sizes of things. I like most kinds of music but not to an unusual extent. I was quick with basic arithmetic as a kid but I never understood the more advanced stuff in high school.

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03 Dec 2010, 12:27 am

j0sh wrote:

Loke wrote:

Oki, then. I think in sounds, I guess. Words or music. I'm totally incabable of visualizing anything at all.

Me too! I don't think in pictures at all!

I am primarily a verbal thinker. However, I disagree with Temple Grandin that all people with autism are detail-orientated, I am not detailed orientated at all! For example, I don't even know the exact time my bus comes, all I know is that I have to leave at about 8:05 to it!

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03 Dec 2010, 12:28 am

I guess I'd have to pick visual. I realized years ago that other people did math differently than I did, because they thought in numbers, but I have to visualize the numbers. Math homework took me forever to do, even if I did get A's. And I have a very hard time translating my thoughts into spoken words. Writing is fine, but then, that is visual.

I do sing all the time though. XD

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03 Dec 2010, 12:33 am

Zen wrote:

You would do well in the math class I am in! We use this book that uses a lot of pictures and really gets you to visualize the numbers. I find it impossible to work out of, but most people in that class like it.

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03 Dec 2010, 12:36 am

Zen wrote:

You reminded me how much I liked those in 1st/2nd grade or maybe it was kindergarten, I'm not sure

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03 Dec 2010, 12:47 am

Mix of 2, more visual and verbal.

When I'm learning something more hands on I need to see it being done, I can't simply be told the directions or I'll screw up and/or forget everything. Fixing, constructing, and even running errands I'm more visual.

When it comes to facts, stories, and history, I learn verbally. When people tell me stories about something and repeat them for others, I can correct their own stories to match exactly what they told me prior.

With math and music, I love numbers and I realize I'm better with them than others, but I'm not a natural. Music I can listen to and find many different interpretations to the songs/lyrics every time. I can think of movie ideas from a sole song, which probably sounds weird.

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03 Dec 2010, 1:19 am

Shadi2 wrote:

Zen wrote:

You reminded me how much I liked those in 1st/2nd grade or maybe it was kindergarten, I'm not sure

I had to look up what those were. I've never seen them before. They would have made things so much easier!

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03 Dec 2010, 1:51 am

I would say that I am about 80% math and music, and 20% verbal logic.
I only include the verbal because I love teaching myself foreign languages, and I often find lists useful.
I listen to music all the time, and am always getting songs or rhythms stuck in my head. I also learned to play keyboard, flute, and recorder very easily. And I have always been good at math, doing calculations in my head, noticing patterns, etc...

But I am not a visual thinker AT ALL. lol.

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