private_messaging comments on Mental Subvocalization --"Saying" Words In Your Mind As You Read - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Torello 15 February 2014 02:38AM

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Comment author: private_messaging 15 February 2014 02:20:07PM 8 points [-]

I suspect that the answers may be more informative of people's different conceptions of what sub-vocalization is, or different ways of measuring it, rather than of the mental processes involved in reading...

E.g. I presume that I can't sub-vocalize while counting out loud, especially counting at a fast speed. I can read, but not write, while counting, which is why I think counting impedes vocalization.