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
Tag: private speech
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
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
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
Don’t keep it to yourself
Over at Psychology Today I have been blogging about the psychological significance of children’s private speech, a topic that willContinue Reading
May I have your attention, please?
Image by BreckenPool via Flickr Over at Psychology Today, I’ve been writing about how young children learn some of theContinue Reading
Remembering and re-remembering
This post will be a bit of a try-out for a talk I am giving at the Memory Maps: Image,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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