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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inspired by the ones who don’t” — from “Force to Be Reckoned With” by Cherie Currie Cherie Currie is an archetype — a living symbol of a free spirit wild child. Currie was the fire-breathing lead ...