When you read/process information...

When reading fiction, I tend to get into a frame of mind similar to you StarBeam, but a lot less vivid I think. My most vivid moments feel slightly like something that could be interpreted as "video" as you would put it, but I can't say that I recall any times where I've actually gone as far as to feel the water around me. I'd have to be asleep for that type of sense perception, aside of course from real life :P

Now, when it comes to non-fiction, this becomes a bit more difficult. I don't read very much non-fiction, aside from my academic studies. When reading philosophy, for example, to better comprehend the material, I often read sentences aloud and try to pretend that I'm actually speaking the line of text to someone else in the form of a casual sentence. Some of the complex philosophical ideas are best read like this for me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by FlamingScurve

When I read fiction I like to read as much as possible in as long as stretch as possible with no one else around in order to get completely absorbed in the story.

That's very similar to how I get best involved in my reading. I find that the longer I read something, the more I start to become "integrated" within whatever I'm reading.

There's nowhere I can't reach.