*Question 1:
How does your head work when you read?
My question might not be formulated right but I'll give an example.
I have synesthesia, its a neurological condition when your senses overlap. so when I read anything, I see colors all the time. Every word, every letter, is a color, or many colors. Every letter is its own color, so each word takes on a big color based on the letters. I never noticed this for the longest time, but after I asked what colors other people see, I realized it. Its like you dont notice you blink until you really think about it.
That's very interesting. It would be fun to see how that looks, I don't think I could handle it for long though, but I guess it is different when you are born with it. I am colour blind so I don't see colours like most do, I can say if something is green or red or so, but as I understand they don't look like they do for others. Some times it's even an advantage because, for example green, if there are too green colours, they might be so similar to each other very few notice it. And for me it's like the difference between black and white. I'm rambling, I'll stop now.
But yeah, I know exactly what you mean by seeing pictures. Sometimes I can't remember if I've seen a movie or read a book, because I have the story so well in my head its like its own movie.
Exactly.
Example 1.
When I read a book I like, it's like a film running in my head, I don't see the words it's just picture after picture, as I said, like a film. Like plugging in your head to a TV or cinema or computer.
*Question 2:
Is it different when you read a text book?
Yeah, actually...I dont like them very much. But if I do, like history books, if its written in the right way, its like a movie too. I read anything and everything I can on the Tudors, and even when the book is talking about court life or what foods were eaten, I see pictures. But if its something boring, I do not see pictures, possibly because I dont want to be reading it? I dunno.
That sounds like how it is for me too.
*Question 3:
Is it different when you read a boring book?
Example 2.
When I read a text book or a boring book I usually only see the words, I never see what is behind them or what they try to tell me. (Religion and philosophy can sometimes be exceptions for me because I find it slightly interesting.)
Oops, I think I already answered that, but yeah, I dont see stuff when I dont want to read a book. I've talked to friends about this and not everyone sees pictures Ive found out. I wonder what they see, or how they imagine it. I dont know...
That's why I wrote the survey, because I was curious about differences.
I know of people who loves reading text books, but I can't imagine how they deal with for example the "hard" sciences, physics, maths, chemistry, etc.~~Del
Thanks for answering.
Formerly known as Jojjo.
How does your head work when you read?
- 10/03/2010 07:28:29 AM
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Not similar at all.
- 10/03/2010 04:54:30 PM
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Very interesting.
- 10/03/2010 04:59:18 PM
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Same, except I usually have sort of a slideshow of pictures in my head to go with the story *NM*
- 11/03/2010 08:49:09 AM
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