Not sure why I was downvoted (I know it wasn't you), but it sounds like we are on the same page.
It's important because in my case I think quite differently from how it seems most people do: I have a sort of "conceptual graph" that I sense my way around. When people discuss stuff, I update that graph. Often this causes issues in personal relationships, but in other ways it's helpful.
I tend to detect incompatible information more often than others, I believe, as a result of this (but I'm still human and miss stuff/make mistakes). It makes me very good at my line of work (software development in the regulatory space where we don't have clear internal requirements and users).
If I were to hazard a guess, the brain capacity that would have been used for image processing is being used for this instead.
Have you tried any visualisation exercises to attempt to reaccess your abilities?
It's important because in my case I think quite differently from how it seems most people do: I have a sort of "conceptual graph" that I sense my way around. When people discuss stuff, I update that graph. Often this causes issues in personal relationships, but in other ways it's helpful.
I tend to detect incompatible information more often than others, I believe, as a result of this (but I'm still human and miss stuff/make mistakes). It makes me very good at my line of work (software development in the regulatory space where we don't have clear internal requirements and users).
If I were to hazard a guess, the brain capacity that would have been used for image processing is being used for this instead.
Have you tried any visualisation exercises to attempt to reaccess your abilities?