Reading, Hearing, and Thinking

[omorka]

So, a couple of Sundays ago, we were discussing how various people process text, specifically in the context of PB not having read a sign that he'd clearly seen, and then having no trouble reading it backwards. This got me somewhat curious about how different people process text . . .

[Poll #713395]

I'll discuss the results of the poll once I have enough answers to do so . . .

Comments

[quantumduck.livejournal.com]

I tend to do 'casting' for voices. Non-fiction generally gets a slightly British accented voice a la BBC news or PBS specials. If I know the author's voice then their writing is spoken in their own voice. i seldom read without hearing the words spoken. Often the voices are amusingly unexpected.

I often see text without reading it. this may be part of drawing and typesetting. Artists are trained to stop seeing the symbol engrams around them ('face','stop sign') and start seeing underlying form. I can draw a store sign without reading it at all!

I am primarily a visual learner, but there are significant kinesthetic and auditory tasks that are integral to my visual communication (to draw without looking you have to have very good proprioception). There are also significant tactile elements to my skill set. Heck , I suspect everybody could be well rounded in multiple learning styles if we supported it better at an early age.