- Inner speech is considered universal and ubiquitous, but its perception varies from person to person.
- Lack of inner speech experience is called anendophasia.
- Individuals with low levels of internal speech perform worse with verbal working memory and image-based rhyming judgments.
- Differences in internal speech do not affect the efficiency of task switching.
- Research on anendophasia adds to the diversity of phenomenal human experience.
Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice: Behavioral Consequences of Anendophasia
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/93p4r8td
8 Comments
can@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Fascinating stuff. I love that we're learning more about the variations in how we experience thoughts and the world itself.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
FartsWithAnAccent@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Have you tried just "playing" music in your head instead? Most of the time, I'm just thinking instrumental music.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
can@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Mine either only runs some of the time or it's all the time and I'm too distracted with more abstract thought to notice. I'm not sure which.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
can@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
I do my best thinking when a song is playing in my head. Might be an ADHD thing. Need to occupy some mental processes so I don't get distracted.
Do you hear Thom's voice in your head?
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
can@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
You mean the best part?
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
FartsWithAnAccent@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
Never heard of that before but I usually don't have a voice inside my head talking to me unless I consciously do it. Usually I use my "internal audio" to play music while I'm doing stuff. Then again, my internal monologue is often external anyways.