Analogue or digital clock?

Which do you prefer?

I can use either, but I much prefer analogue. I look at the position of the hands and instinctively know the time without using numbers and without much effort. It is optical pattern recognition.

Digital requires mental processing and of a different kind. I bet a brain scan would show different parts are active.

It is the same for other gauges and instruments.

I think a lot of my processing is visual, I convert things into images. It might be why some abstract things like poetry don't work.

It might also be why going somewhere new without a picture of what it looks like is a problem. You need to imagine it which you can't if you have nothing to go on, or a similar example.

It explains some of my holiday experiences and why I always visualised it.

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  • Digital is easier if I’m just glancing at a clock, I mainly use the digital clock on my phone, I own a couple of watches but never wear them. I actually prefer clocks with Roman numerals, it may just be an interest in The Romans.

    My youngest son is 23 and can’t use analogue or the 24 hour clock, he does have ADHD, I don’t know if that is linked to it.

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  • Digital is easier if I’m just glancing at a clock, I mainly use the digital clock on my phone, I own a couple of watches but never wear them. I actually prefer clocks with Roman numerals, it may just be an interest in The Romans.

    My youngest son is 23 and can’t use analogue or the 24 hour clock, he does have ADHD, I don’t know if that is linked to it.

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