rich55@hound.UUCP (R.GORE) (01/03/86)
Interesting question! I've always seen numbers as rows of domino-spots, and do my adding/subtracting from them. e.g. 74 = * * * * * * * * * * * Numbers as colors had never occurred to me before!
ahs@burl.UUCP (Spinks Albert H. ) (01/07/86)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** The recent discussions about number visualization has caught my interest because of something I remember about my childhood. I remember giving the numbers, 1 thru 10, personalities. For example, I related the number "5" to myself because I found it was the easiest number for me to use. I related the number "7" as someone to avoid for the opposite reason. 8 and 9 were equated to older individuals, ETC. Maybe all of this is indicative of some deep dark part of my personality, eh what? al spinks -- Albert H. Spinks
slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (01/07/86)
Hmm. I don't usually think of numbers in any visual way. When I try, I think of just the numeral in black on a white background. But my first impression of, say, *two*, isn't anything visual, but just a feeling of "twoness". Just a boring person, I guess. When I do arithmetic, I actually visualize a sheet of paper, and mentally write the numbers. Maybe that's why I'm very poor at doing it in my head. In fact, I'm poor at arithmetic in general--I come into my own only with algebra, calculus, etc.--the more abstract stuff. (Have trouble with left and right, too, but that's another story...) -- Sue Brezden ihnp4!drutx!slb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To search for perfection is all very well, But to look for heaven is to live here in hell. --Sting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
smuga@mtuxo.UUCP (j.smuga) (01/07/86)
> > Hmm. I don't usually think of numbers in any visual way. Me neither. In fact, I have very little (if any) visual imagery in my thinking. I think in words. What does it mean? -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Janet Smuga I've had a great many troubles in my time, ihnp4!mtuxo!smuga and most of them never happened. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -