Perhaps it's not so surprising [and/or maybe this will convey the idea to you in a graspable way].Fist and Faith wrote:Which comes as quite a surprise to me.Avatar wrote:If you have the information, an image is clearly not required.Fist and Faith wrote:I see an image; information is stored as a result of that image; I use that information to recreate that image. How can it be that you are unable to recreate an image that you saw, and which was the source of the stored information? The brain is funny thing.
Upthread you talked about memorizing a paragraph. When it's memorized, do you "see" it as a page?---because the info was, in fact, visual. Or remember letterless words? When you write it down, do you write it as the image? Same font? Do you "see" the original page while writing it down, or do you just write the words you are recalling? I'd bet almost anything you not only don't "see" the original page [at least not without doing it on purpose], you "think" the words AS SOUNDS, probably your own voice, as you are recalling/writing...even though there was no aural information in the original.
[[that isn't 100% accurate, because we cross-feed a lot. We teach our brains to do multiple layers/modes of encoding. It's wired to be able to do that, we just add the firmware and software for the particulars. When we see a printed "A" we hear the sound of "A" also [most of us], and, depending on context, other info simultaneously [like the definition or function of the letter if it is "A" car, or A=B+C]]
Sky---I don't see a person's face when a name is said or a thought occurs. I don't see a cake when someone says cake. Unlike Av, as I've said before, I CAN do it---but it's almost always work.
Fun fact...my wife is hyper-visual. Reading, especially highly descriptive things, like most fantasy, is SLOW for her. Because she "sees" [and a bit of all the other senses, too] EVERYTHING, and can't just charge ahead without seeing all the details clearly.
