Pop in my Head

Delilah · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject: Pop in my Head

My father and I had this conversation the other day. It just popped into my head so I texted him.

When you are thinking, not in images, but in words, that "voice" that you hear narrating in your head, does it have an actual sound pattern or is it just a communication between the brain and the conscious?

We came to the conclusion that you overlay your own voice onto it but that it doesn't actually have a sound pattern. But that if you hooked yourself up to some sort of amplifier those brain waves would create sound, but it would sound nothing like your voice.

It baffles me and fascinates me.

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Billgar · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject:

Wow that is really philosophical and actually when i consider it it makes tons of sense! I do think with the voice and I do assume that it is my own, but when i actually listen to it, there really is NO sound! That aside im moving this to SQ.

Lord_Obagon · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject:

I usually give the thoughts a different voice depending on what I am thinking about, that way it is easier to keep thoughts separate. It also works if you are trying to think about a problem from several points of view, so you don't mix them up.
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Delilah · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

It's just such a weird concept. There's nothing up there that could produce sound but for whatever reason we choose to overlay a sound onto it.

While I was discussing this with my boyfriend last night this popped into my head:
Granted, they don't communicate as we do, but do other species do the same thing when they think? Do they overlay their "voice", whatever it may be, onto that thought?

I never thought to separate thoughts in that fashion, I'll have to try it.

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