Comment by frabcus
1 year ago
The answer is that it is hugely variable between people!
Hurlburt has great research on this using Descriptive Experience Sampling.
Some people mainly use images, others mainly speech, others mainly emotion etc. And many more use a varied mix.
Also the way each modality of thought is used is hugely variable - exactly what people see and with what quality or how precisely they feel emotional in their body etc.
To me it explains a huge amount of how different people are good at different skills.
I've a podcast on this topic ("Imagine an apple") if you're interested in more.
Thanks, I'll check it out, it's a fascinating topic and can probably teach us how we can make AI think (or how it does think).