I wonder if this has something to do with certain people's brains being wired more towards images and others towards sound. I always felt like I'm much better with sound when it comes to recalling things and such.
Personally I mostly think and understand the world in terms of abstract concepts, but I know that a lot of people don’t really have or care for the level of abstraction that I’m usually more comfortable with
Similar I guess to the spectrum of actual vs ideal