Languages

[PsiPhiGrrrl]

Some interesting studies about the impact of language on mental imagery appear here:

What it's like to have aphantasia, the inability to create mental pictures

Here’s another interesting aspect of this - language. I’ve studied a few languages, and have recently been working on German. After reading Gabriel Wyner’s tips on improving memory, my approach now includes visualizing images of new words with a personal meaning*, and in colors that reflect gender. It never occurred to me that there was any difference reading in languages other than my mother tongue. I still see images, either way. This will encourage me to compare the…