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Visual thinking, also called visual/spatial learning or picture thinking is the phenomenon of thinking through visual processing. Visual thinking has been described as seeing words as a series of pictures. It is common in approximately 60%–65% of the general population. "Real picture thinkers", those persons who use visual thinking almost to the exclusion of other kinds of thinking, make up a smaller percentage of the population. Research by child development theorist Linda Kreger Silverman suggests that less than 30% of the population strongly uses visual/spatial thinking, another 45% uses both visual/spatial thinking and thinking in the form of words, and 25% thinks exclusively in words. According to Kreger Silverman, of the 30% of the general population who use visual/spatial thinking, only a small percentage would use this style over and above all other forms of thinking, and can be said to be 'true' "picture thinkers". ==Research and theoretical background== The Dutch nonprofit organization the "Maria J. Krabbe Stichting Beelddenken" conducts research on "beelddenken".〔()〕 The "Maria J. Krabbe Stichting" has developed a test, named the "Ojemann wereldspel", to identify children who rely primarily on visual-spatial thinking. In this test, children are asked to build a village with toy houses and then replicate it a few days later. In the Netherlands there is a strong and growing interest in the phenomenon of 'true' "picture thinking", or "beelddenken". As a result of increased media coverage during the last few years, there is an acceptance of its existence by the general public, despite criticism from Dutch psychologists and development theorists, principally N. van Woerden and R. Wiers. Several websites and foundations are dedicated to "beelddenken".〔(Startpagina "beelddenken" )〕〔(Stichting belddenken )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Visual thinking」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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