Comment by nkrisc
11 hours ago
It does seem kind of misleading to ask someone to close their eyes to visualize something in their mind. It has nothing to do with your eyes.
I can visualize my house in my mind while simultaneously seeing whatever is in front of me. Though the “mind’s eye” description is apt because it is like seeing with a totally separate set of eyes that has zero awareness of my real eyes and sight.
It’s almost like remembering the experience of seeing it, or inventing a new memory of seeing it.
Does it? For me shutting out other visual stimuli makes it easier to visualize in my head. I can still do it with my eyes open but it feels less real, like a hologram in my head rather than imagining I’m seeing it in front of me
Easier to focus, perhaps, but for me it doesn’t really make any difference.
Perhaps I’m the odd one then. It’s certainly a difficult topic to discuss with other people.
I think for me it reduces distraction but otherwise has nothing to do with it.
Yes I agree, for me visualizing something has nothing to do with whether my eyes are open or closed because they’re visualized by a different part of the brain..