>Unfortunately I'm not sure I can describe it properly... it's like having a 3-dimensional modelling program in one's head. >It isn't just working with visual symbols (i.e., a visual language), it's having a representation of an object, or several >objects within a space, and being able to manipulate that representation in the same way one might physically manipulate >the objects themselves. For me, at least, there is no language involved. I know exactly what you're talking about, I do it all the time. I'm going to have to disagree with Steven, Language is NOT how we think, it's how we communicate. We think at the subconcious level in the Pictures, Sounds and Feelings at least that's how memory is organised. We may CHOOSE at the concious level to verbalise our thoughts, it's good if we are trying to follow a logic chain. But thinking in pictures is much faster as in a picture's worth a thousand words. I do agree that it's an agreed set fo standards among people, at least for physical objects...It's a little more difficult when we are trying to discuss honor or duty...That's why trying to discuss God with someone is just about pointless. No physical referents. Regards Mark P.S. Kat, the ability you describe is regarded as a prerequisite for being a good computer programmer...or at least for findig it easy.