The Silent Mind
A couple of years ago something of a storm blew up on social media. A blog post about a topicContinue Reading
Category: The Voices Within
Talking to ourselves in lockdown
The Guardian asked me to write a piece on why we might be talking to ourselves more in lockdown. YouContinue Reading
The Voices Within
The Voices Within was published this month by Albin Michel in a French translation by Hélène Collon. The book hasContinue Reading
The Science of the Voices in Your Head
This has now had more than 150,000 views. Perhaps of interest to those pondering the mysteries of internal monologue (afterContinue Reading
Book Shambles with Robin Ince and Sophie Scott
I had a lot of fun recording this in Manchester with Robin and Sophie. Robin’s book I’m a Joke andContinue Reading
Inner Speech: an episode of The Forum
Last week I was at Broadcasting House in London to record an episode of The Forum, the ideas and discussionContinue Reading
Voices in the head
My latest post on Psychology Today picks up on the theme of inner speech, and looks at the the connectionContinue Reading
What do we mean by ‘thinking’?
Jad and the team at Radiolab have just released a new show, called Words. I talked to them about theContinue Reading
Off to Broadcasting House
I write this on a train to London, where I’m due to record a talk for Radio 3 on children’s thinking.Continue Reading
All children are psychotic
Psychosis is a misunderstood term. Journalists are always confusing it with psychopathy, just as they often still insist that aContinue Reading
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