The voices within
Subtitle: the history and science of how we talk to ourselves
By: Charles Fernyhough
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780465096800
Subjects: Self-talk; Communication; Thought and thinking; Psychological aspects
Description: We all hear voices. Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation, filling our heads with speech: the voices of reason, of memory, of self-encouragement and rebuke, the inner dialogue that helps us with tough decisions or complicated problems. For others--voice-hearers, trauma-sufferers and prophets--the voices seem to come from outside: friendly voices, malicious ones, the voice of God or the Devil, the muses of art and literature. In The Voices Within, building on the latest theories, including the new 'dialogic thinking' model, and employing state-of-the-art neuroimaging and other ground-breaking research techniques, Fernyhough has written an authoritative and engaging guide to the voices in our heads.
Notes: Originally published: United Kingdom : Profile Books, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Funny slices of cheese; title: Turning up the gas; title: Inside the chatterbox; title: Two cars; title: A natural history of thinking; title: Voices on the page; title: Chorus of me; title: Not I; title: Different voices; title: The voice of a dove; title: A brain listening to itself; title: A talkative muse; title: Messages from the past; title: A voice that doesn't speak; title: Talking to ourselves.