When Blind People Do Algebra, the Brain's Visual Areas Light Up

Re:When Blind People Do Algebra, the Brain's Visual Areas Li... by bpchaps on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @12:04PM (#12540549)

I'm the same way and came to a similar conclusion a while back. For me, understanding math has been an incredibly visual process more than anything. It's a very useful heuristic. Programming is similar, but its discreteness seems to make it significantly less visual.

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Re:When Blind People Do Algebra, the Brain's Visual Areas Li... by rads on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @01:25PM (#12541236)

While I understand that "programming is not visual" is a common point of view, I strongly disagree with it. See here:

http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/

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Re:When Blind People Do Algebra, the Brain's Visual Areas Li... by bpchaps on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @05:53PM (#12543735)

I should clarify - it absolutely is visual. Just less so than pure maths.

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