When did humans realize we've been talking to ourselves from the beginning of time? Bicameral Mentality: Some theories, like Julian Jaynes's theory of bicameral mentality, suggest that early humans ...

Ever wondered what your inner monologue looks like — and how it compares to others? Here’s a science-inspired way to find out. Psychological research shows that inner speech is highly variable. For ...

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 ...

Right now, as you read these words, there’s probably another voice commenting in your head. Maybe it’s analyzing what you’re reading, making connections to your own experiences, or even critiquing ...

In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer writes the “Origins” column for The New ...

Do you ever hear a voice in your mind? Maybe it’s reminding you to pick up groceries on your way home, or berating you for forgetting your friend’s birthday, or rehearsing a conversation you’re about ...

One impression I took away from my encounters with the new-age/self-help culture was that there is a widespread and almost unshakeable belief in the veracity of the "inner voice." The idea seems to be ...

Most of us have an “inner voice,” and we tend to assume everybody does, but recent evidence suggests that people vary widely in the extent to which they experience inner speech, from an almost ...