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by etrautmann 535 days ago
I have distinct memories as a kid of mapping things into abstract 3d spaces. The number line in my head is a weird 3D thing I still visually navigate whenever I think about numbers.

what's weird is that even while I still use my representations formed as a kid, I don't seem to make new ones when I learn new info, which makes remembering things much harder.
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BjoernKW 534 days ago
> I have distinct memories as a kid of mapping things into abstract 3d spaces. The number line in my head is a weird 3D thing I still visually navigate whenever I think about numbers.

I do the exact same thing! I wrote a blog post about how I visualise numbers: https://bjoernkw.com/2022/01/02/i-see-numbers/

It's a specific type of synaesthesia called "time-space synaesthesia".

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toss1 534 days ago
>> I still use my representations formed as a kid, I don't seem to make new ones when I learn new info

Very interesting; why do you think that is?

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