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How do you think 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.
How do we think with words?
Neuroscience says that honing how you speak and write also hones the way you think. According to the latest neuroscience, the human brain uses neurons in the left visual cortex to process written words as whole word units. The brain combines these words and their stored meanings to remember and understand information.
How do pictures communicate?
Images are important tools used to communicate information and to engage history. Images evoke thoughts, provide indicators about the context of culture, and enhance the human experience. Representation theory illustrates how an image can represent something from the real world in the mind of a person.
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.
Do teachers think in words or pictures?
Teachers mostly say they think in words. When I’m doing a live workshop I like to ask people “What are your thoughts?” Then I get more specific- “I mean, are your thoughts pictures or words, when you think, is it like a movie in your mind, or more like just feeling, or is it talking in your head, and if it’s talking, whose voice is it?
Do people with autism think in pictures or words?
People with autism, engineers, and those with ADHD tend to say they think in pictures; teachers, in words, and when a word-thinker hears that there are those who think not in words, but pictures, they often are flabbergasted, taken aback, and have a hard time bending their mind around this alien thought form.
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.