Hi Dr Zoë, At the ripe old age of 66, I have finally got a definition & term for the way I think! I have always struggled with faces, and when asked to visualise people or places, or even objects, always come up blank. I can, for example, ask someone else to imagine a bright pink camel wearing sunglasses and green wellington boots, then find that when I ask them not to visualise said camel, that they struggle not to, whereas I couldn't visual the camel at the start. However, I have a superb biographical memory, remembering places, people (and their names), and situations from as early as 18 months; I suffer from PTSD and seem to dream almost non-stop when I finally get to sleep - although rarely about fims I have watched, or experiences I am currently having. But we are all different, and I think I have long been aware of this inability to visualise. It also takes considerable effort to memorise poetry (or prose, or, at one time Bible verses). To add insult to injury, I am also dyspraxic!

Hi Dr Zoë, At the ripe old age of 66, I have finally got a definition & term for the way I think! I have always struggled with faces, and when asked to visualise people or places, or even objects, always come up blank. I can, for example, ask someone else to imagine a bright pink camel wearing sunglasses and green wellington boots, then find that when I ask them not to visualise said camel, that they struggle not to, whereas I couldn't visual the camel at the start. However, I have a superb biographical memory, remembering places, people (and their names), and situations from as early as 18 months; I suffer from PTSD and seem to dream almost non-stop when I finally get to sleep - although rarely about fims I have watched, or experiences I am currently having. But we are all different, and I think I have long been aware of this inability to visualise. It also takes considerable effort to memorise poetry (or prose, or, at one time Bible verses). To add insult to injury, I am also dyspraxic!