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.
  • @realitista@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    1•1 month ago

    It’s just a voice inside your head that says what you’re thinking. Like when I’m typing this out it says the words as I type them or as I think ahead as to what to type.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)English
      1•1 month ago

      What does it do when you’re not actively thinking about text or conversation. Is it still verbal then?

      • @MataVatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6•1 month ago

        Yeah it’s constantly saying shit, a lot of the time its negative and I can’t get it to shut the fuck up.

        • @realitista@lemm.eeOPEnglish
          3•1 month ago

          Mines pretty positive. I tell myself how awesome I am a lot when I accomplish something. But I am pretty full of myself. Usually when it’s being snarky it’s about annoying situations or people.

      • @realitista@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        2•1 month ago

        There are times that it is quiet. If I’m thinking about music or something visual then my inner voice isn’t saying much. If I’m watching tv or listening to something it’s quiet, unless I think of something I have to do, like “fuck I’ve gotta send that email”. It’s generally pretty quiet if I’m doing something like drawing, but I may make little comments to myself in my head like “oh I need some more stuff over here” or something like that. If I meditate, I can keep it mostly quiet.