Where is the Voice Talking Inside in Your Head Actually Coming From?
Have you ever stopped to wonder where the voice in our head comes from when reading or when you are perhaps formulating a plan or what you might need to say to someone?
Have you ever stopped to wonder where the voice in our head comes from when reading or when you are perhaps formulating a plan or what you might need to say to someone? Well, some very clever scientists have studied this phenomenon, and although no conclusive answers have been discovered yet, there are a few theories.
One of these theories is that of inner speech. Inner speech, also known as verbal thinking, refers to the little silent voice you hear inside your head when thinking or reading and scientists have been trying to explain it for a very long time. It is that voice that is talking, but you can’t hear and is often described as a shorthand version of the real speech.
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Another theory scientists have proposed may be the answer is through the use of subvocalization. Subvocalization is another type of inner speech that is produced when reading and provides us with the sound of the word as it is read unconsciously. Through reading, the vocal cords, muscles and often lips are activated and in doing this movement, we hear what we normally would have if we were to say it out loud.
Again, these are only theories and have yet to be proven, but even fMRI brain scans show inner speech as activated within the brain, so both are quite plausible. And with scientists already making the connection between nerve bundles in the brain and inner speech it won’t be long before more is understood and the mind mystery finally solved.
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Owen Castellanos
Owen Castellanos is the Hardware & Gaming Reporter at TrendinTech, where he tests graphics cards, processors, consoles and peripherals and follows the games industry, from the major publishers to independent studios. He previously wrote reviews and benchmarks for Tom's Hardware and contributed features to PC Gamer, covering everything from laptop testing to the economics of game development. Owen holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and attends CES in Las Vegas, Computex in Taipei and the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco each year to meet chipmakers and developers. He writes for readers who want to know whether a product is worth the money, and he is not shy about saying when it is not.
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