[LiquidPhD]

I've talked extensively to friends about this because I see nothing. I can picture nothing. It's just a void. Interestingly, it hasn't always been this way for me. I remember when I was in elementary and middle school, I could take exams and see the page the answer was on in the textbook in my mind. I'm not sure when or how I lost it, but it's gone. I do sometimes dream in video, though.

For me, most of what happens in my mind is sound. I always "hear" music in my head, though my inner monologue doesn't have a voice. It's more like I just "know" what I'm thinking. I don't hear anything in my head when I read, which allows me to read pretty quickly. I'm not saying that I don't subvocalize or whatever, but if I do it it isn't producing any sounds in my brain.

Some people can apparently picture the scenes they read in books. See the beach, see the characters, etc. I have talked extensively with friends about this stuff and some of them say it's ultra vivid, like watching a movie in their mind. I find that wild. There is an anecdote about Richard Feynman and another scientist or mathematician and how they kept time differently. If I remember, one saw the clock in their mind and the other relied on counting aloud mentally. I'm not sure where I read it, sorry.

[silisili]

I'm pretty much the same.

However, one thing that throws me off is that when I see my parents or other people I don't see often, they look markedly different than I remember (aging). But I can't picture them in my head. So why is said disconnect occurring?

[InSteady]

The Feynman anecdote was pretty cool. Feynman counted 'verbally' in his mind, so he was able to keep a steady and consistent count while reading and writing, but not while speaking or listening. His friend kept count by visualizing the numbers in sequence (like a clock, kind of) so he could keep steady and accurate count while holding conversations but not at all while reading.

[theragra]

I also was able to see stuff in middle school, like in a movie. Now I can't see anything, like you. And I also have a lot of music in my head