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Do most people think with words or pictures?
Their research led to insights that people think in either words or images. Our preference indicated a bias in our thinking: left-brain-dominated people tend to think more in words; right-brained people tend to think more in images.
Do people not think in images?
Most people can readily conjure images inside their head – known as their mind’s eye. But this year scientists have described a condition, aphantasia, in which some people are unable to visualise mental images.
Can you not think in words?
An idea can be a thought. Not definable by words, and that thought can be refined and edited without ever using words. You only need words to express the thought to others. Yes, in fact, some people cannot think in words at all.
Do people think more in words or images?
Many people don’t realize the McLuhans were among the first to undertake left-and right-brain research. Their research led to insights that people think in either words or images. Our preference indicated a bias in our thinking: left-brain-dominated people tend to think more in words; right-brained people tend to think more in images.
Why do we prefer to think in words?
Our preference indicated a bias in our thinking: left-brain-dominated people tend to think more in words; right-brained people tend to think more in images. This bias indicated to us how to successfully approach an audience, and how to approach communication-skills training.
What percentage of the population are visual thinkers?
Visual thinking has been described as seeing words as a series of pictures. [citation needed] It is common in approximately 60–65\% of the general population. “Real picture thinkers”, those who use visual thinking almost to the exclusion of other kinds of thinking, make up a smaller percentage of the population.
Is it possible to think in words at all?
Today, we ask the question and few realize it’s even possible to think in words at all. For many of us, images are all we can “see.” In fact, much communication has become so visual, so instant, and so non-reflective, it’s easy to forget its classical roots.