Inner speech and consciousness
| Abstract | Inner speech represents the activity of talking to oneself in silence. It can be assessed with questionnaires, sampling methods, and electromyographic recordings of articulatory movements. Inner speech has been linked to thought processes and self-awareness. Private speech (speech-for-self emitted aloud by children) serves an important self-regulatory function. The frequency of private speech follows an inverted-U relation with age, peaking at 3-4 years of age and disappearing at age 10. Social and inner speech share a common neurological basis: Broca’s area. Dysfunctional self-talk is known to mediate many pathological conditions; negative selfverbalizations have a more significant debilitating impact than positive ones. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,631 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Only published papers are available at libraries |
Similar books and articlesDavid Braddon-Mitchell & Caroline West (2004). What is Free Speech? Journal of Political Philosophy 12 (4):437-460.
Kory Schaff (2000). Hate Speech and the Problems of Agency. Social Philosophy Today 16:185-201.
Agustin Vicente & Fernando Martínez-Manrique (2011). Inner Speech: Nature and Functions. Philosophy Compass 6 (3):209-219.
Alain Morin (1999). On a Relation Between Self-Awareness and Inner Speech: Additional Evidence From Brain Studies. Dynamical Psychology.
Robert Sparrow (2004). Censorship and Freedom of Speech. In Healy (ed.), Censorship and Free Speech. The Spinney Press.
Julia M. Matuga & Heidi L. Styrk (2005). Children's Speech-Drawing. Inquiry 24 (4):29-35.
Alain Morin (2005). Possible Links Between Self-Awareness and Inner Speech: Theoretical Background, Underlying Mechanisms, and Empirical Evidence. Journal of Consciousness Studies 12 (4-5):115-134.
Alain Morin & James Everett (1991). Self-Awareness and Introspective Private Speech in 6-Year-Old Children. Psychological Reports 68:1299-1306.
Caroline West (2003). The Free Speech Argument Against Pornography. Canadian Journal of Philosophy 33 (3):391 - 422.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads62 ( #15,081 of 548,973 )Recent downloads (6 months)2 ( #37,438 of 548,973 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
