Ever wondered what your inner monologue looks like — and how it compares to others? Here’s a science-inspired way to find out ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“You will never amount to anything if you keep acting this way,” the voice in his head said. It continued: “In fact, up until this point, you have been a disappointment. That is especially true if ...

Millions of Americans struggle with unhealthy levels of stress. Stress isn’t just destructive to our mental health but to our physical health as well. It weakens our immune systems and contributes to ...

Most of us have an inner voice, some more than one. But to the surprise of some scientists, a few people do not - like Australian Mel May Mel May only realised she was different while reading a news ...

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 ...