People without an inner voice have poorer verbal memory
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The vast majority of people have an ongoing conversation with themselves, an inner voice, that plays an important role in their daily lives. But between 5-10 per cent of the population do not have the same experience of an inner voice, and they find it more difficult to perform certain verbal memory tasks, new research shows.
  • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It’s my own voice in my head. Its difficult to determine on what level I control it. It doesn’t “make” me do things, but it’s not like I decide what it says before it speaks. I often wonder if it’s the other half of my brain. I speak differently in person than I do inside my head, or type, for that matter.

    Regardless whether it’s a kind of supplemental personality inside my head, one thing I’m convinced of is that many people mistake their internal monologue for the Voice of God.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      huh, that’s weird, mine i have full control over. It’s thoughts are quite literally my thoughts. And my thoughts are it’s thoughts as well.

      maybe i’ve developed an artificial internal monologue?

      • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Oh, it’s certainly my thoughts. I’m just saying I don’t decide what to think before I think, you know? And I think in that voice, so I really can’t identify anything prior. It’s just me in here, but it’s a funny way to think about consciousness.

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          6 months ago

          yeah, in a way it’s impossible to think about what you think, as you think about it, that’s how train of thought works. The only time you ever have a whole spiel ready is if you’ve been practicing it regularly, and then it’s no longer train of thought anymore.