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.
  • multifariace@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’m with you. Your movie reference really helped solidify it. I assumed I was one of the lonely minds, but this made it clear.

    Some things that seem associated with this are my constant cravings for social interaction and intellectual conversation. I can’t give it to myself. I have never understood how people can just do nothing. I never had an invisible friend as a kid. There are many things people say and do that could be explained by having personal voices. There are many struggles with communicating to others that have already had a conversation with themselves before I can share a full thought.

    • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I drive my office mates crazy because the thoughts in my head just come out of my mouth, especially if I’m bored or nervous.