<p>Anyone here think or read without voicing the words in their heads? I want to do this, and its just so hard to practice. Is there a more effective way to grasp thinking without words than just trying to read passages without wording in your head?</p>
<p>When I read I don’t really think about “voicing” words…</p>
<p>The more you think about it, the more you want to say it out loud in your head. Just glance at words and move on. Start with signs. (eg: PizzaHut, Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Dead End, Stop). Then do sentences. (eg: Big Blowout Sale Today!)</p>
<p>haha. I don’t know. When you look at the time (digital), do you say it out loud in your head?</p>
<p>I think and read with words when the things I’m thinking involve words, like reading. (That was an awkward sentence…)</p>
<p>I don’t think with words if I’m just looking at a visual object, like a fan. I don’t say “the fan is on” in my head, I just recognize it as being on. I don’t say the time in my head either. Numbers work differently than text to me. </p>
<p>Now, why do you want to think without words? That’s an odd thing to want.</p>
<p>My mind would be boring if it wasn’t for words. When I’m not imagining stuff, the words fill the space. </p>
<p>Anyway, no, I don’t think without words. But, I guess if I wanted to, I would see what I don’t voice in my head and try to build on it.</p>
<p>I don’t do that, what’s the point?</p>
<p>I generally think in pictures (especially memories), or sounds. Like if I’m thinking about a piano, I think about the sounds it makes, maybe a song, my piano teacher’s voice (she has a Bulgarian accent).</p>
<p>I agree with this statement: “I don’t say “the fan is on” in my head, I just recognize it as being on.”</p>
<p>I used to be better at reading without thinking words, but there is a downside that occasionally you’ll read a large portion of something without absorbing anything at all. Doesn’t really matter now, though. I haven’t read enough to retain the skill.</p>
<p>w8, im a lil slow. Reading without thinking words? So what do u think of while ur reading?</p>
<p>I can do it if I try. Reading while saying the words in your head is called subvocalization, jsyk. If I don’t say the words in my head, I go faster, but I comprehend less. I think I need to work on both slowing down and comprehension.</p>
<p>If I’m really pressed for time, I can speed read without vocalizing it in my head. But the only way I can really remember anything is if I remember the actual words and how they looked on the page. </p>
<p>Certain books, like those heavily involved in a specific subject (physics, mathematics, etc.), I absolutely need to read by saying the words in my head. Imagination doesn’t really work too well here, so I need to say it to comprehend it.</p>