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Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming Through Their Head (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks

Participants with weak inner voices did worse at psychological tasks that measure, say, verbal memory than did those with strong inner voices. The researchers have even proposed calling a lack of inner speech “anendophasia” and hope that naming it will help facilitate further research. The study adds to growing evidence that our inner mental worlds can be profoundly different. “It speaks to the surprising diversity of our subjective experiences,” Lupyan says.

Psychologists think we use inner speech to assist in various mental functions.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t have one. I always thought an inner voice was just a narrative device to deliver exposition in TV shows and movies. It seems weird that most people are constantly talking to themselves. I only have an inner voice when i’m reading or imagining conversations with people. outside of that i just don’t need it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It also seems like thinking would take longer if all your thoughts had to be words. I will sit over here smugly without an inner monolog.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Generally mine are abstract on the first pass, and the monologue comes in as I solidify the concepts into communicable terms. It's good for collapsing vibes into a discrete logical progression.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It does seem like it would be inefficient to put thoughts into words just to think them, but what i’ve gathered from talking about this subject over the years is that for them, the words are the thoughts. Instead of translating abstractions into language they translate language into abstractions. People with very active inner speech might think “I should go to the park today” where I would just think I should go to the park today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So what if this voice repeats the same thing over and over, like damn I already know the lyrics to Daft Punk's Around the World, I'm trying to fall sleep ugh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yo, the voice is accurate. It's the lyrics that are repetitive! 🤣