= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
Oscar_Cunningham comments on Mental Subvocalization --"Saying" Words In Your Mind As You Read - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (77)
I suspect that I subvocalise only when I'm paying attention to my own thoughts. So it seems like I always subvocalise, just like it seems that the light in the fridge is always on.
Upon trying to observe myself vocalizing, that is how it seems to work. It feels a bit like the sentence "expands" into speech when I pay attention to it. Also, I always seem to vocalize when writing.
Same here, with writing: it generally feels like transcribing an internal monologue.
So, do you have control over paying attention to your thoughts?
To use your metaphor, do you intentionally chose to open the fridge door, or does it sometimes swing open uninvited?
Whenever I read this thread I notice I'm subvocalising and can't turn it off until I get distracted and am no longer paying attention to whether I'm doing it or not.
I suspect this is true for me also, but of course I can't quite manage to observe it...