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#608 - Paul Bloom - How Does The Human Mind Work?

Modern Wisdom

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The Effects of Auditory Cortex on Hearing

The fact that we're able to hear a voice in our heads when we think it may be because certain people are more image oriented. And yet, you can be hearing your inner voice talk louder than real words. There's research with mental imagery that finds that when some people, people in laboratory terms, create an image. That while people do this, your visual cortex is activated. The same system that actually sees is activated. It suggests that in some sense, you're saying it.

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