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Thinking out loud is an age old practice and is the equivalent of "rubber ducking" to yourself. As someone who comes from a long ancestral line of people who t

Thinking out loud is an age old practice and is the equivalent of "rubber ducking" to yourself. As someone who comes from a long ancestral line of people who talk to themselves while reasoning through problems - it would occasionally prove to be a minor handicap during proctored exams, as internal monologue isn't really the same thing.

forthac 2y ago
From what I have seen from split-brain experiments, I am of the belief that by vocalizing our thoughts, we are more fully engaging both hemispheres of our brain through the auditory pathway in addition to the Corpus Callosum.
- rzzzt 2y ago
  Pictures tell me that the language area is dominant in a single hemisphere, mostly the left side, with motoric stuff and thinking about words in the front (Broca's area) and hearing in the back (Wernicke's area). So you may have to use the SLI bridge again just to make sense of what the other side is hearing.
rendall 2y ago
Me, working through a problem: "So, that means..." Girlfriend, coming in from outside: "Who are you talking to?" Me: "I talk to myself. You know that." Gf: "Oh right. You also whisper to yourself, which is scary." Me: "Scary?" Gf: "It sounds demonic." Which, to be fair... Evidently, my internal monologuing gets quite a bit vocal even with other people around.
- vijucat 2y ago
  Maybe demons were those who learned to cogitate better and ended up being the Ted Kacynzkis of their ilk :)
- HPsquared 2y ago
  It's your reasoning daemon running in the background.
- burningChrome 2y ago
  When I was working at a Bike Shop, I was standing on one side of the display, talking about what I was going to do and how I was going to do it. It was a very in depth external monologue (I have both like yourself). As I was coming around the other side of the display, the owner happened to be standing there and said, "Wow, that was some kind of a conversation you just had with yourself. I hoped you were able to solve whatever problem you were discussing." He had a big grin and we both laughed about it. He told me later he too does a lot of internal monologue for stuff as well and was told by some super successful businessman that this is a good thing and a hallmark of successful people so don't be discouraged by it.

forthac 2y ago

From what I have seen from split-brain experiments, I am of the belief that by vocalizing our thoughts, we are more fully engaging both hemispheres of our brain through the auditory pathway in addition to the Corpus Callosum.

rzzzt 2y ago
Pictures tell me that the language area is dominant in a single hemisphere, mostly the left side, with motoric stuff and thinking about words in the front (Broca's area) and hearing in the back (Wernicke's area). So you may have to use the SLI bridge again just to make sense of what the other side is hearing.

rendall 2y ago

Me, working through a problem: "So, that means..." Girlfriend, coming in from outside: "Who are you talking to?" Me: "I talk to myself. You know that." Gf: "Oh right. You also whisper to yourself, which is scary." Me: "Scary?" Gf: "It sounds demonic." Which, to be fair... Evidently, my internal monologuing gets quite a bit vocal even with other people around.

vijucat 2y ago
Maybe demons were those who learned to cogitate better and ended up being the Ted Kacynzkis of their ilk :)
HPsquared 2y ago
It's your reasoning daemon running in the background.
burningChrome 2y ago
When I was working at a Bike Shop, I was standing on one side of the display, talking about what I was going to do and how I was going to do it. It was a very in depth external monologue (I have both like yourself). As I was coming around the other side of the display, the owner happened to be standing there and said, "Wow, that was some kind of a conversation you just had with yourself. I hoped you were able to solve whatever problem you were discussing." He had a big grin and we both laughed about it. He told me later he too does a lot of internal monologue for stuff as well and was told by some super successful businessman that this is a good thing and a hallmark of successful people so don't be discouraged by it.