I find this fascinating! Here are people who are functional and fully conscious, but have no inner voice.
For thousands of years spiritual practitioners have been trying to turn off the inner voice. Apparently it's not easy, sometimes it takes a lifetime. But these researchers have labeled the results as medical condition.
Anendophasia: Scientists uncover the weird cognitive impact of life without an inner voice
A recent study found that individuals without an inner voice struggle more with verbal memory and rhyme recognition tasks but show no significant differences in task-switching or visual discrimination compared to those with an inner voice.
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For thousands of years spiritual practitioners have been trying to turn off the inner voice. Apparently it's not easy, sometimes it takes a lifetime. But these researchers have labeled the results as medical condition.
