What Is “Thinking”? Inquiry

What Is “Thinking”?

What is the modern scientific comprehension about “modes of thinking”? Do some individuals “think” more or less in images or words that others? What scientific fields would I turn to learn more? What is the vocabulary? How do we measure any of this?

What is the vocabulary used?

In order to look anything up, I need to figure out what words are common and how to use them. I’d need to identify what fields of science are involved in related research. Then I could identify some of the general ideas and their relative empirical relevance. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some good interviews, lectures or layperson friendly explanations…

Some ideas

phenotype

aphantasia

hyperphantasia

inner speech

anauralia

non-symbolic thought

dual coding theory

qualia

cognitive style

mental imagery

propositional thought

spacial cognition

metacognition

phenomenology

memory

endophasia

non-symbolic thought

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