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From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Re: Psychology Pointer
Message-ID: <580@scc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 12:09:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 30 12:09:28 1985
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> In article <1755@trwrba.UUCP>, ssimpson@trwrba.UUCP (Scott W. Simpson) writes:
> > 	Has anyone seen any articles discussing how people envision
> > abstract numbering systems?...
> > ... I see a number line as going up then down from one to twenty,
> > from twenty to 100 the number line cycles up and down ...
> > ... When I count, I mentally picture it in this format...
> 
> Very interesting.
> My numbers from zero to nine have had colors since early childhood:
> 0=black, 1=white, 2=brown, 3=silver, 4=red, 5=green, 6=grey, 7=yellow,
> 8=blue, 9=grey.  
> Cheers,
> Bernd <bear-nd>           *** hooray for USENET ***

	These are both *visual* representations.  Some people
do not see pictures, but might have feelings or sounds associated
with the numbers.  

	There is a whole (fairly complicated) theory associated
with these distinctions.  It is called Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
Books on NLP are available from Real People Press, Science and
Behavior Books, and Meta Publications (in Cupertino).

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