TheBigBrotherDo you think animals have thoughts? Are they capable of hearing that little voice that we humans have in our heads?
TeknikalOne of My strongest memories is watching a documentary where they claimed dogs don’t deam, and my dogs directly in front of the TV making little sleep barks and moving legs deep into some dream.
Let’s be honest we are animals and the rest aren’t all that far behind us.
Yeah I understand but I’m talking about an inner monologue, not about dreaming…
Are we even sure everyone has one of those? Not everyone has a mind’s eye.
DominusOfMegadeusNot everyone has an inner monologue
What’s driving me wild about these claims is I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE EVEN MEAN with “inner monologue”. And none of those stupid articles seems to bother to first and foremost try to define what the fuck they are writing about. A definition of the word…
It’s like talking to yourself, but not vocalizing it. At least that’s how I understand it
I still don’t know whether that means my absolutely everyday way to think the words I am typing right now, or if some people can actually hear their “inner voice” like in a movie voiceover when the protagonists thoughts are narrated in the protagonist’s voice.
Or do people have a “dialogue” in their heads? I mean that never occurred to me because at least that part of "mono"logue is clear…
Pretty much the inner voice thing. Like you are talking yourself through what you are doing, commenting internally on what you see and stuff.
Still not specific enough. I may sometimes “think loud inside” i.e. think in sentence form / “I should definitely do this” - and I definitely “speak silently” in my brain when I am typing out a sentence like this one right here - but I think that is VERY much the norm if not impossible not to do - because writing down language requires the language center / processing skills of the brain.
Beyond that, however, I wouldn’t normally comment on what I see / do - because that’s… kinda redundant?
Does it mean there are people who really comment everything in their brains? Like “Mhh… this wall is yellow. There’s a doorframe to my right - the door is made of wood.” etc?
Good point. My guess is that it’s a spectrum, just like everything else going on in peoples’ brains. I don’t do it at all times, but maybe 50% of the time I am “talking to myself.”
From all the attempts of people expaining it a bit differently each time, I think your assessment as a spectrum is the one explanation that makes the most sense, and feels fitting for my “wtf are people talking about”-reaction. It’s like “did you know that 10% of all cars will have an engine failure within the first 50 thousand kilometers” as clickbait for statistical defects…
As far as I can tell there are people who have an inner dialogue going all the time but I doubt it’s always so mundane. But I don’t know. I’m more like you ( I think) where I thought these words out as I typed them but will probably go back to more abstract thought with music afterward.
yeah, that describes my thought process well - I am thinking in words while typing (or while reading, speaking, listening, obviously), but in abstract concepts when not interacting with language, but with objects around me.
I think there are probably people who go through each as you described. I think we’re learning there’s many different ways brains can work.
Don’t over think it too much.
Yes, we hear a voice talking in our head. When I’m typing this response, I hear all the words in my head before I type them.