Most people “hear” a voice when they think to themselves?! This is bananas to me!https://twitter.com/LanguageMIT/status/1203737103433191425 …
There are differences. For instance, people with aphantasia may often experience inner imagery when using psychedelics or learn it via meditative practices. Visual imagery allows more feedback for creative design tasks than having just conceptual access to one's imagination.
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This suggests everyone has the "wiring" for inner voice, but for whatever reason, 15-ish% of people don't actively build on that in early childhood. VERY important: all have it, but not all build on it, OR, it's an ability that has only existed 12k or so years.
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If you have a language center you can probably train yourself to use inner monologue all the time. You can also use meditation techniques to learn how to turn it off.
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For me: No images on psychedelics; no images despite spending a few months trying; and I strongly doubt your final claim, and would need to see empirical evidence that this is true of aphantasiacs generally—and I’d be surprised if said data had been collected
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