why do people draw 3d boxes when they are thinking?

Answer 1

It is something to occupy themselves while thinking, and a box is the easiest thing to draw in 3D.

Answer 2

Drawing 3d Boxes

Answer 3

Same reason they draw the "infinity symbol" and continue tracing it over and over, until the pen cuts a trail in the paper.
Also works with doodling up entire pages with nonsensical but sometimes surreal and overlapping images, interlaced with their name, the names of other people, randomly pulled words from a conversation.....all that.

I think it is just an outward manifestation of the thought process. Whether we start out putting down facts and then diverge into randomness, as an attempt to wiggle in and out of possible answers or ideas or we just need a focal point that is fairly familiar to always come back to should our thought process move in a desired or undesired direction. Sort of like a Driver's Ed course with dayglo cones; we kinda know we are headed towards the end of the course so long as we are moving forward but we have to zigzag back-n-forth to get there.

I think it also is akin to a nervous twitch or habit. Some people's legs jump up and down or they tap or click their pens.

Staring off into space while we think is in this category too, I believe. We sometimes just need a thinking space beit it drawn or imagined.

Answer 4

I don't have any sources for this, just "gut instinct" (or whatever you might like to call it).
My theory is that when people draw a 3d box, house or similar object, they are trying to create a container for their thoughts, a way of holding them in focus. The spirals and swirls are used to "stir up" thoughts, looking for a different way of understanding them.
As I say, just another thought to add to all these. now doodle while you think about it :)

Answer 5

I don't draw 3D boxes when I am thinking! Its possible the ones who do find it easier to concentrate on their thoughts when they do. They are basically cutting themselves off from their surroundings and doing a repetitivetask they do often which cuts down distractions and allows them t think better.

Answer 6

I always draw flowers when I am thinking but must admit I doddle over anything. I can't say I have drawn a 3d box but I have drawn houses.

Answer 7

The perceptional 'flip' when the brain changes the image from isometric to false 3D stimulates creative and lateral thinking.

Answer 8

Never thought about it, but a lot of people do!
One of my work colleagues draws double-ended arrows and fills in the triangular points! Her notebook is full of them!

Answer 9

3d boxes means they feel trapped and boxed in
so to have an answer to the problem would release their mind from these boxes

Answer 10

Maybe what they're thinking about is a 3-dimension thought, lol... I have n't seen anyone do that. But I think everybody has a featured drawing when thinking, which helps them think better.(:-?)