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.
    • DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      You can, but it takes work for some people. Various meditation can help, but require patience and diligence.

      I’ve learned to turn it off and on mostly at will and frequently just play music in my mind when I want to listen but can’t use headphones or a speaker.

      • delirious_owl@discuss.onlineEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Usually its a song. But sometimes its more than one song playing at once. And sometimes there’s a narrator speaking over the music