system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When many people read, we see the story played out like a movie in our minds instead of the words on the page... What is the neurological explanation of this? How does it happen?
gpt
Our mind's eye is the connection between our conscious and subconscious thoughts. When we are told something we try to envision it to better understand it. When reading a well written story involving things that don't exist or have never seen before our internal process of understanding is working harder to create the visuals for it.