I think in an internal monologue and have weak visualization skills. In addition to the internal monologue, I also have a song running through my head much of the time, which doesn’t seem to interfere with any other process that doesn’t require deep concentration. It does fade in and out while I’m typing.
When doing math, especially algebra and calculus, I think in a way that’s more like internal monologue than visualization, but doesn’t explicitly use language. It’s almost more kinesthetic than anything else. It’s similar to solving one of these block-sliding puzzles (and I did go through a phase of loving that puzzle in grade school), where I move the symbols around and combine them and pull them apart like they can slide around the page.
When counting and concentrating on nothing else or on something visual, I usually count by hearing the numbers. However, when I’m reading or typing or, for some reason, doing exercise, I count visually. My visual counting has each number turning into the next number in the center of my mental visual field, not moving along a tape like Feynman described.
I think in an internal monologue and have weak visualization skills. In addition to the internal monologue, I also have a song running through my head much of the time, which doesn’t seem to interfere with any other process that doesn’t require deep concentration. It does fade in and out while I’m typing.
When doing math, especially algebra and calculus, I think in a way that’s more like internal monologue than visualization, but doesn’t explicitly use language. It’s almost more kinesthetic than anything else. It’s similar to solving one of these block-sliding puzzles (and I did go through a phase of loving that puzzle in grade school), where I move the symbols around and combine them and pull them apart like they can slide around the page.
When counting and concentrating on nothing else or on something visual, I usually count by hearing the numbers. However, when I’m reading or typing or, for some reason, doing exercise, I count visually. My visual counting has each number turning into the next number in the center of my mental visual field, not moving along a tape like Feynman described.