Question: When asked to remember a person's face, can you see it in your head/"mind's eye"?
FWIW, I don't think the ability to visualize something specifically in your "mind's eye" has a lot to do with creativity.
I interpret this as more about direct recall of memory. The stronger the visuals the more likely you are to be able to recall a specific event/visual in more detail (whether it's accurate is up for debate).
Disclaimer, I have no idea what I'm talking about - I just like this subject.
Not the parent, but i can't recall faces (not even my parents) aside from isolated features, like a mustache.
I've seen absolutely nothing on this flashing screen despite looking at it for around 5 minutes. I don't think everyone else is lying, but i wonder if other people's brains just get "bored" and start imagining things, on a moving visual canvas.
It’s a very interesting question, because I can call someone’s face into memory, but as if I’m seeing it in my peripheral vision, which is to say the details aren’t there. I have some experience drawing, and I can knock off a pretty good likeness, but I couldn’t do that from memory. Yet I can definitely picture their face.
Barely. If I try to recall a friend's face, I sort of get small pieces. Maybe the way their eyes squint when they smile. I have more success if I try to remember a photograph I've seen of that person. I can kind of "see" them then, but again, it's very faint, and more like a memory -- the idea of a picture is there, but it's not possible to inspect any detail.
FWIW, I don't think the ability to visualize something specifically in your "mind's eye" has a lot to do with creativity.
I interpret this as more about direct recall of memory. The stronger the visuals the more likely you are to be able to recall a specific event/visual in more detail (whether it's accurate is up for debate).
Disclaimer, I have no idea what I'm talking about - I just like this subject.