Do aspies think in words, language and black-n-white?

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do aspie think in black and white kind of mindset? do they think in language and written/typed words and strings of text over pictures?

don't autistics (classic) have better spatial/image skills as their nonverbal skills are higher while having lower verbal skills?

I think in pictures. I understand metaphors quite well, but am often sarcasm-blind. I don't think in Black and White; I think in layers of colour.

I think in language/words. The 'thinking' me is far better with language than the 'talking' me.

Black and white, as in, no middle-ground? That's definitely me. I have a strong sense of what's right and what's wrong, and I really don't believe there are excuses for doing the wrong thing. Or, excuses for not doing the right thing.

I am no way black and white. I always think there are exceptions and I like to be understanding. You're late to work, I understand that s**t happens so how were you supposed to know there was going to be an incident on the tracks? You found out too late while you were on the train. I won't penalize you for being late. Unless this person is always full of excuses and unreliable, then it would be fair to be black and white about it because ever heard of crying wolf?

I generally think in full detail 3-D (and higher) moving objects that I can manipulate at will. It is actually quite difficult for me to think about things in words alone.

I think in words rather then pictures, but i also think in black and white most of the time. I do get metaphors though, but i have to manually figure them out rather then knowing what they mean right away. stuff like sarcasm and hinting at what you want go completely over my head though, which has interesting consequences

Usually nouns, rather than verbs? Does that make sense?

Concrete, rational, abstract, vs. subjective, liminal, dramatic

100% words for me. I'm a chess player and to get really good, you need to be able to visualize the board. I've spent probably 100's of hours trying to learn to do this and can not see any kind of picture in my mind.

I tend to think in pictures rather than words. I always have.

I have been told that I have black and white mechanical type thinking. And I know I think in pictures. I have classic autism.

I think in pictures and repetitive language. If I can't picture something I have a harder time understanding it. I also tend to think all or nothing. I am diagnosed ASD level 1 or Asperger's syndrome.

I think in words, meaning I hear myself speak in my mind as if I were talking out loud. I guess I've never quite understood what it means to think in pictures. I do see pictures in my mind that go along with my verbal thoughts, and I can easily rotate images in my mind, etc. However, these pictures are only a supplement to my verbal thoughts. I can think in words alone, but I can't think in pictures alone, or at least I can't apply or convey any meaning to the pictures without using words.

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The way an Aspie thinks is largely dependent on their age/knowledge and their experiences...
Less-experienced Aspies cannot pick up on "acting" very well, for example, Professional-Wrestling.

More-experienced Aspies who have done their homework will be less-likely to be deceived...

I think the way that I view/see/think has changed depending on my stage-of-development.
I basically think in what would be something like the replaying or editing of entire videos...
...before that my thoughts would have been a lot more fragmented into incomplete frames/pictures/videos.

I wondered about this too. most people do hear a voice in their head similar to if they were talking to themselves, this is a inner dialogue. this alone doesnt dictate whether you are a visual or verbal thinker. Try these;

Are your Memories dominantly dialogue based or detailed images in your head?

When you plan things out do you hear that inner dialogue or do you picture how thing will go.

How do you learn; do you need diagrams, videos and pictures or can you accurately remember what is written and said to you?

Some people are very balanced and can do both equally as well while others depend on one form of thinking. Most visual thinkers will use imagery for problem solving and other with need verbal help.

For me i do have an inner dialogue but i dominantly use mental imagery to better interpret what people are saying and how im taught.

Oh, thanks! That makes things much clearer for me!

Are your Memories dominantly dialogue based or detailed images in your head? Both, I think. My memories are basically like watching a movie in my head. I see whatever happened and hear a narration of it at the same time.

When you plan things out do you hear that inner dialogue or do you picture how thing will go. Both again!

How do you learn; do you need diagrams, videos and pictures or can you accurately remember what is written and said to you? Written instructions work best for me. I have a poor auditory memory, so I don't always process/remember a lot what is said to me, but I remember most of what I read (not in exact detail). I find videos helpful for more abstract things, like solving math problems.

So it sounds like I do both fairly equally. Wow, I never would have thought that!

For me, inner dialogue and focus mostly on the color and parts of an object. I have ASD.