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.
  • @StarkstruckEnglish
    26•6 months ago

    It’s basically just you talking to yourself but without actually speaking.

    • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
      11•6 months ago

      if that’s how it’s defined than i think i have some sort of weird hybrid of it. I have an internal monologue for certain things, like if im working on a project and need a design for it, that’ll cause me problems. But if i’m just sitting down and thinking about something, i’m usually talking it out. For example i’ve been into sociology a bit recently, and i’ve found myself talking out loud about things very frequently.

      weird.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•6 months ago

          Yes. It’s like being on the phone with someone whois reading everything out loud to you.

        • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
          3•6 months ago

          kind of? I sort of follow along with what i’m typing but it’s less of a written dialogue thing, and more of a phonetic rendition of it, if that makes sense.

          It follows the pace of my brain absorbing the words, as well as writing them out, which can make reading a chore sometimes. When i’m reading a book, i’m often absorbed enough to be able to engage with it pretty tightly, and i can usually follow along a lot better, with a stronger inner monologue, it’s weird.

          Like typing this post out right now inside of my head sounds more like trying to speak the words per syllable as you write them down on a piece of paper, as opposed to reciting them, if that makes any sense.