Sorry very poor English grammar there. Not my first language
so ... Most people that I've asked about this assert that they
do really see their memories.
1. Example. Ask yourself or somebody you know to look at you
or themselves in the mirror and then to shut their eyes.
Now ask them to describe what they really do see inside their head?
Great majority claim they see their memory of how they looked or how
you looked just some seconds ago.
2. Not everybody have this grand talent or feature.
To some of us we only vaguely remember how it would look like
if we open our eyes and look again. But we see only noise from the
circuits in the brain. We see small small dots in differing colors that
is almost totally random but if the light is strong enough then we see
an after image that is more like negative silhuet of that person and that
fade very fast depending on the individual. But we see no memory at all.
only noise.
Has there been scientific research on this difference?
Related is our other senses. Hearing.
1. Musical people claim they hear music seeing the dots on the paper
or they claim they hear the music they remember.
2. Not so for us who lack that talent. We near nothing only the blood
running creating a background noise.
Not sure if that is related. I mean does a it always go together
or are some good at seeing but lousy at hearing memories?
Does anybody know? Suppose I would want to google this.
What search word would likely find any answer.
Is there a known name for this lack of ability?
ToneDeafness is something else I guess
Forgot to add this important info.
EarWorms or StuckTunes is a phenomena that is somewhat related.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm
An earworm is a piece of music that sticks in one's mind so that one seems to hear it, even when it is not being played. Other phrases used to describe this include musical imagery repetition and involuntary musical imagery.
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This is also called a 'haunting melody' or 'hard-to-shake melody'
Haha I do have such rather often. But I would not say I really hear that music
or tune within me.
It is more like it express itself like musical muscle patterns or non-verbal thoughts.
It "plays" that is a good way to say it but I don't really hear it. But it is still very
annoying because it is rather difficult to put an end to it. It wants to be "playing"
again and again. Like if my body/brain wants to practice that melody. Crazy.
And often it is rather banal melodies that one don't even like. Simplistic tunes![]()