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1) See
2a) Immediately
2b) Clear

1. I suppose more often than not I visualize the word in my mind.

2. Swings to the right.
2a. I suppose "immediately" is the right answer.
2b. Yes.

1) I mostly visualize the entire word in my mind but I also sound out the word mentally or aloud if it is a long one visualizing each of the syllables.

2) Right

2a) Immediate, then I second guessed myself by visualizing myself approaching the door on the outside to check my thinking. I came up with the same answer.

2b) I visualized it clearly like T.V.

Can't wait to see the other results.

I am very likely to have asperger's but I am currently undiagnosed....that being said here are my answers.



1. I visualize the words in my head with assigned colors for every word or letter. (I'm synesthesiac)

2.It swings to the left
a) I was able to answer right away
b)I saw an image of my door in my head. Not as clear as a picture, but pretty clear.

1. I hear the word.

2. a) Left.
b) Umm..it took about five seconds or so.
c) Yes.

1) Hear
2a) Did think about it for a while but couldn't remember. Had to get up and look at the door.
2b) Had no image in my head. Am wondering if this may be related to NVLD. Had to look at the door to answer the question. The door opens to the left.

1. Hear
2a. Immediate
2b. Clear

1.) See the word, plus a flood of images & colors connected to the word and its letters.
It's amazing I ever get anything done, with this brain.

2a.) Left.
2b.) Immediate; less than two seconds.

2c.) Very clear. I saw the door and nearby area first, then the picture continued to grow and expand, while the door swung open.

I'm uber-visual, but not limited to that; everything is accompanied by sound, taste, tactile sensation, and scent. And yes, I'm still just talking about the thoughts in my head, lol.

Had NO idea it wasn't like this for everyone, until my husband and I accidentally stumbled onto comparing notes, a year or two ago. I later read Temple Grandin's "Thinking in Pictures" - attracted not by her autism, but by the idea of someone else seeing what I did. Read the whole thing, and it still NEVER occurred to me that I might have Autism/Asperger's, lmao. I think part of it was that Temple seemed "too autistic" to relate to. I don't recall even thinking about her autism (and may have quickly forgotten she was), but her way of describing things sort of put me off, and it sounded like the way her "mental movies, images & web browser" worked was a lot *clunkier* and less smooth than mine, so I just sort of went "Bleh, that's not like me" and forgot all about it.


Oh, if it helps: My 7yr old daughter seems to have a perfect visual mind. She can "watch" a movie or experience again, frame by frame, a year or more later.
We think our 4 1/2yr old son may have the same or similar kind of mind, as he can replicate virtually anything he sees done once or twice, and is learning to read by sight-memorization of whole words, rather than letter sounds.
No idea about our 3yr old daughter, but as much time as she spends staring into space, I figure she must be watching SOMETHING in her head, heh.

1/ Not sure-takes me a while to find words, sound out the word came first.
2/ Right
2a/ No-2 secs to see it open.
2b/ clear picture

1) When you are asked to spell words (as in, imagine you're in a spelling bee), do you SEE (or visualize) the word in your mind's eye and then spell it out? Or do you HEAR (internally in your mind) the word and then spell it out?

I kinda do both. I see the word image like a flash. I don't dwell on it. I also subconsciously sound out the word very slowly, and some words I mispronounce on purpose for spelling purposes. For instance, paradigm. I know how to pronounce it, but when someone asks how to spell it, I think of it like pear a dig em. Lieutenant I pronounce Lie You ten ant in my head of course. The seeing of the word is my way of like making sure it looked okay, but I don't really pay much attention to it consciously...it's more a subconscious thing. Sometimes when I'm not sure, I do try to write it out to see if one looks better than the other, but if I'm not sure, then it's a guess anyway.

2) Think about this question... if you are inside your house looking at your front door, which direction does the door open (swing)? Left or right? Left

2a) Were you immediately able to answer that question, or did you have to think about it a while? Immediately means, under 5 seconds or so. Immediate

2b) Did you have a clear image in your mind of your front door while answering that question, or was the image "fuzzy"? The door itself was fuzzy, like I wasn't positive I even got the color correct.

1. see. absolutely clearly.
2a. 5 seconds.
2.b. Crystal clear like perfect reality.

1) hear
2) right
2a) immediately
2b) very clear. I saw the door, the hinges and the knob. I even felt myself reach for the knob to open the door although I didn't move.

1) Hear them in my head... sometimes, VERY rarely, a spelling test paper from like 5 years ago will flash in my head, though this is really rare...
2) Right.
2a) Immediately.
2b) Well, I was aware of my surroundings(say if something on the monitor changed), but I had a clear image of my hallway and someone opening the door. IDK what that constitutes as.
EMZ=]

1) I see the word and spell it out.
2) The handle is on the right side, with a knob lock underneath. The knob needs to be turned 270 degrees counter-clockwise to unlock the door, then the handle needs to be pulled down, and the door swings inward and back to the left. (To close and lock the door, the handle needs to be lifted until the door latches after it's closed, and then the knob twisted clockwise 270 degrees to lock
2a) It's immediate. I couldn't imagine it taking as long as 5 seconds to think of that.
2b) It's clear, as though I were currently experiencing it. I accessed the picture of the door that I have stored in my brain, and analyzed it. You may also have noticed that I tend to analyze the mechanical functions of the door automatically.