That's what kind of shocked me, I didn't realize that most people think in language, I thought everyone thought visually. ~80 Until she said that I had never considered it; I guess I should read her book!

Actually, it might be a hindrance. ~:/ The images I think in aren't still images, so it's like trying to draw a still portrait from watching a fast movie. I'm pretty much always unsatisfied with my drawings. Since she got me to consider this, though, maybe I will trying imagining a drawing itself rather than imagining a subject and trying to draw it.

Really hard to say, I've never really thought about that. I don't really know, but I would like to think I do it visually.

It may be one of those things where once you become aware of it you're not sure if it was always that way or just because someone asked about it. ~;3

I do think (and dream) in images...almost movie-like images. I also HEAR the person's actual voice being used.

Yeah, that's pretty much how I think.

And I think even verbal thinkers dream visually, so maybe that's why most people seem to think dreams are so alien and weird?

The fact that I mostly request in my commissions comics or sequences along with how I was in high school has believing that I do mostly think in images here.

I'm guessing since furry fandom (especially FA) is so image-centered (and so socially wack) it will probably be much more common here. ~;3

you might be right in that but I will say that I do mostly think in images here rather than words.

I definitely see myself doing both from time to time but primarily I am gonna have to say I fall into w\verbal thought. Gets a little weird when I think about it because I tend to flip between Arabic and English in my thoughts. Not strictly in this way, but it seems I go English when Im thinking more logically and Arabic when Im more emotional

Cool ... this is what I'm curious about. I don't think in words unless I'm actually composing what I'm about to say or write, so it's hard for me to imagine what it's like. Is it like an internal monologue of mental speech, like how they portray it in movies or books?

For me its almost like an argument between two people (hope that doesnt make me sound schizophrenic!). Basically theres part of me always considering one approach to things, and then theres the other side of it

Nah, it doesn't sound schizophrenic. It sounds like a very ordered, precise way to do things. ~:3 When I consider the various sides of a situation it's more cluttered, I think.

I do both. When I'm on the move, or actively thinking about stuff at work, when I'm running like a chicken with my head cut off, then I think in pictures.
Example:
"Customer!"= I see that customer in my head and I automatically visualize what they ordered.
Boss-man tells me he needs carrots chopped, I flash-forward through all the different chopping methods I know, til I see the right one.

When I'm at home, I think in my own head in voices and tones. Repeating stuff in different "voices" in my head lets me evaluate what I'm saying or about to type, like hearing someone else read it out loud in my head.
Does that make any sense?

Yeah, it makes sense. I say things in my head, too, but I notice I only do that when I'm actively composing or reading text, or imagining people having a conversation; my normal thought processes are just blurs of images and concepts without verbal components.

Since im autistic as well here, im going to say i think in words and pictures mostly. when it comes to poetry, i tend to write out the image by being descriptive on what i see. Though when it comes to writing poetry on an image, ill try and describe it as best as i can.

I can think of words pretty clearly when I need them, but almost always I think in pictures and then when I have to verbalize it's picking what words represent the mental images, which can get frustrating. It's like a dictionary that's organized by how things look, rather than how the words are spelled. ~X33

both, but most times my thoughts come with neither, just knowing stuff without hearing the words in my head, is that weird?

I don't think it's weird at all, I imagine there's several types of thinking that can't easily be labeled "visual" or "verbal".

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I only use visuals when I try to remember things or I try to write a story but in general thinking, I use a voice lol.

That's kind of cool to use both; I have to kind of force a voice if I need it. ~X3

:/ Hmm well I guess I do both then. When I switch between English and Japanese {still learning} verbal is the way I go. But for everything else I do it visually.

Hey, have you ever heard of this book? It might be helpful if you're a visual thinker, trying to use that learning. Heh, it's helped me remember the meanings of a lot of kanji, except then I still can't remember the words for them. ~X33

Both from me, though most often it's images of text.

That's fascinating! I have trouble imagining specific text by itself. Can you hold the image of the words stable?

Oh yeah. Words, sentences, paragraphs., the whole shebang.
Also voices. I often (especially lately) tend to think in voices, instead of words or images.

When I think I usually say that i need to "see". Sometimes I "smell" or even "hear" the voice of a character. I sometimes recall a person for the way it talked or smelled. Also I remember not the exact direction of a place (1313 Black Crow Street) but the directions and places that I passed to get there.

Ha, I hate trying to give directions because then I have to run through a mental movie of myself traveling and try to describe it without mentioning all the superfluous crap. And I'm useless if I haven't travelled from the precise location the other person is starting at. ~X33

exactly...

You know, I'm not really sure. Obviously I dream visually, and whenever I think bad and remember old memories they are also usually visual. I think the rest of the time I think verbally, but I'm not sure how strict that is for me. I'll have to test myself at some point. I've always been very left-brained though, so I suspect it is indeed verbal for me.

I generally consider "thinking" as verbal natterings in my head. I can see images too of course, but I don't call that thinking, I call that more...I don't know, picturing, for lack of a better term.

I tend to think visually when I'm not focused on writing like I am now. When I'm considering plans or what not, I picture the events in my head like a movie playing out. Sometimes I think in both styles at once. O_o

But I tend to prefer visualization when comes to most things; especially when imagining my OCs and their tribulations.

When I hear a word, I tend to visualize as like a photoshoped word where you could also see a picture with it. I mean, like the word "blue" fits with color blue, because of it's shape overall and letters individually. I feel it sounds weird to people. Sometimes, one of my favorite questions to ask is what does a person sees first when I tell him this word. Also, if I am being given a subject, and I can't visualize it, I can't understand it at all. Such examples show us just how undifferent autistic people truly are. PS, my Human Growth class just did a whole unit about autism and we watched movies about Temple Grandin.

I think verbally, similarly to how they'll have it in movies/shows with a character thinking and they'll have a reverberation effect to make it clear it's a thought. I don't think with the reverberation effect of course. That doesn't mean I don't imagine images with thoughts but it's primarily like I'm talking to myself in my head. I don't think without any kind of inner dialog. If I do it takes effort. For example if I am going to get cheese and make a sandwich I might think "Maybe I'll make a cheese sandwich, which drawer is the cheese in? Oh there it is, etc.." There is a visual/audio element to the thinking it's just that it's very rarely unaccompanied by words.

This extends to reading as well. I read everything as if it's read aloud in my mind. I do see what's going on in my head when reading, but I can't read without actually hearing the words. If I do it becomes very difficult/distracting. With practice perhaps I could but the verbal processing of the word is always there. I don't just scan the words and absorb the meaning without that audio processing kicking in.

I think with visual images and movie sequences. I have weak synesthesia. When I close my eyes and listen to certain types of music I visualize shapes or sequences happening. I feel or sense the textures of each sound vaguely. It's why I like listening to chip tune music, they each have distinct bits of sounds!

I had minor Asperger's as a kid. Right now I want to watch it, but I have to wait for family to rest so I can listen to it in silence. I will post a comment reply to this one to elaborate my reaction to the talk! Thanks a ton for the link!