Posts by Cheri L. Florance, Ph.D.

Lexicoders Vs. Opticoders: The Verbal Versus Visual Brain

The eye-to-brain pathway is called the opticoder (the visual brain), and the ear-to-brain pathway is called the lexicoder (the auditory-verbal brain). Do you have movie dreams or radio dreams? If dreaming for you is like listening to a radio, you are a lexicoder. If your dreaming experiences are like watching movies, on the other hand, you are an opticoder.