Ah, good old conceptual thought.. Still haven't given up trying to get ppl to understand I see XD
Well, I'll throw my 2 cents is.
Visual and verbal thinking are simply representations of whats happening in the background.
Now, scientists try to use cases where something is missing to try to figure something out or figure out more about it. I'll use that. Have you ever had a time when you had a word that was on the tip of your tongue but you didn't know what word? You can find words that are similar and you know what the word is supposed to mean but you can't quite grasp it. This is a concept without its verbal representation.
The concept is, in essence, the meaning of the word. It is attributes, colors, connections. If you ever infer something without it sounding off in your head, your thinking conceptually. if you see somebody that's angry or annoyed and you consciously realize it without hearing in your head "he's angry" then you've had a conceptual thought.
I wouldn't be able to use visual representation only for even a minute... XD Right now, as I'm typing this, my head is sounding off things I should write, things people might say to it, things I might say to that and just generally dictating everything.. XD
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