Do you have a "Mind's Eye?"

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I have a very vivid mind's eye. If I'm reading something, a very vivid mental picture and movie forms, in realistic color. I can also visualize and remember vividly as well. Some people don't have a mind's eye at all, or their visualization is very limited. I'm not wondering if either of these traits relate to AS, but just how vivid your mind's eye is or if you have one.

It would be interesting to know what frequency this occurs in the human population including those with AS and how many people lack a "mind's eye."

(I should have added options for 3 and 4 dimensional visualization.)

Huh. How do I edit this poll? It needs an option for:
No, I do not have a mind's eye.

[Mod. edit: added that for you. ]

I can and do visualize in color but color is not always the focus. The most vivid aspects of my visualizations of people is in the area of movement; facial expressions, gesture, gait... any action or movement.

Yesss, its very intense. I try to use it as much as I can but sometimes I can't.

My mind's eye is very vivid. When I visualize something from memory, I see a small feature or detail first, then everything else fills itself in around that in lots of detail. When I visualize something from scratch, I arrange the bits and pieces of the picture in my mind's eye. When I write stories, I translate the movie in my mind's eye into words. Some people who have read my stories have told me that reading my stories is like watching a movie, so they use their mind's eyes while reading too. I also like to rotate things or myself around in my mind's eye. Spinning there is just as fun as spinning in the real world, and I don't get dizzy there.

I picked the first option.

If my minds eye wasn't as vivid as it is then I don't see why I would have a drive to keep living.

No. You can't edit a poll once it's posted. No idea why the software wasn't written so you can.

And that was a "No, I don't have a mind's eye." Not the way you mean anyway. I remember things in kind of bland colors, but when I read, I can't envision anything well at all. In fact, the more descriptive the author is, the harder it is for me to envision it. Too much detail and my head tries to put every detail together like a puzzle. Too much detail and I always have trouble putting it together. I need minimal description. From that, I can envision just enough to contain what's happening, which is what really matters to me in a story.

This is probably why I can never remember colors correctly.

Nope, I don't think visually.

I have more of a mind's ear than a mind's eye. I can visualize things to some extent but I can't stay focused on it. If I try to visualize something like a movie my mind keeps wanting to jump ahead to the next scene, and the next and the next.

I have a very vivid mind's eye. It's like my mind can combine elements of different images or movies together to create something new. It only works for things I have already seen, though - it doesn't work very well with reading.

No I'm NOT a visual person; I can NOT picture things in my mind. I was born with a very rare low vision disorder that causes me to have some colorblindness & be very nearsighted. I think there's more to this than my visual disorder thou because my brain doesn't do a great job processing things I do see visually. I can look directly at something that's easy for me to see but my brain can have problems registering it; like it may not click that I've seen it

I agree that the poll needs a 'no' option.

No, I do not have a mind's eye.

I'm extremely visual.
In my mind, I don't just see "movies", it's full motion holographic visualization. I can take the same scene and play it back from any angle.

I have a vivid mind's eye that thinks in pictures and movies (like video playing back in my head) when I use it. However, sometimes I think in words instead without 'visualising'. It seems to depend, but the ability to visualise is there.

I voted "not very vivid images in colour". It was *extremely* vivid for me as a child though, to the point where I would have attention issues and be unable to focus.

There were movies, animations, visuals, euphoric moods, everything. It was so wonderful (despite having attentional issues) and it made life seem magical. It made me the the most creative and imaginative kid ever...I could entertain myself using my own mind so easily. I miss it immensely, and have been grieving its loss for years...to those who voted "vivid movies/visuals", you are the luckiest people on earth. The only way I get these back is through temporary means (certain psychedelics replicate these effects well).