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Have you ever stopped to wonder whether you think in pictures or in words? According to experts, no two people think identically. But most fall under two major modes of thought: verbal or visual.
If there's a voice in your head that feels like its narrating your life, you may be a verbal thinker. If you're someone who can capture a scene in very rich detail in your mind, or know whether a couch will fit through the door without measuring it, you're probably a visual thinker.
Verbal thinkers talk to themselves without saying a word. “By inner monologue, we mean that we can have private speech that’s addressed to ourselves and that is carried out without any articulation or sound,” explains Dr. Hélène Lœvenbruck, a neurolinguistics researcher.
Even though your inner voice isn't audible to others, you can almost "hear" it, meaning you're aware of its tone and intonation. For example, says Lœvenbruck, the voice in your head can "sound" angry or worried.
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While the verbal thinkers are silently arguing with themselves, or having a back-and-forth about which color shirt matches their pants best, the visual thinkers are busy organizing their ideas graphically in their heads.
These types excel in recalling and remembering information through pictures and images, say the experts at BlueGems ABA, a provider of therapy services for children on the autism spectrum.
"Some people who think in pictures are able to memorize instructions just by visualizing words that are written in a book," notes the site. "Others have great spatial recognition, and can know whether a couch will easily fit through a door just by looking at it."
Research has shown that many people on the autism spectrum think in pictures.
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