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What others have found interesting in the past is how I conceptualize spaces around me, especially when imagining things like my DnD campaign that I run. I don't see things in my head visually, but more have a general special sense of them. I don't need to visualize my foot or my hand to know where it is. I don't need to visualize the wall of my room that I'm very familiar with; even with my eyes closed I know my relative position in the space and can find the light switch in the dark, or the fan. It's the same for my spacial reasoning. I can navigate the world perfectly fine, or conceptualize a fictional DnD battle, not visually, but more like through touch, though that's not exactly the sensation. I cannot rotate the proverbial cube in my mind, but I can conceive of what another face might feel like, and, if it's not too TMI, I have a very good mental map of my fiancée's body, and could draw her accurately, even if I can't see her.
Thanks for explaining so clearly. I hope someone does their thesis on this stuff, it really is fascinating.
I don't know if you're familiar with drafting, but when you draw elevations, it's a flat version of 3d objects. I couldn't really read a map until after I learned how to read elevations. You're sort of pushing through and bringing forward objects from a flat drawing. It's also a section, so it's cut through a certain point of a floor plan. I could understand floor plans easily for some reason, but elevations and details were super hard. Then something clicked and I could read maps and all of the different types of drawings. I even remember where I was. Our brains are wild.