The Voices Within
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The Voices Within

The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves

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eBook - ePub

The Voices Within

The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves

About this book

We all hear voices. Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation, filling our heads with speech: the voices of reason, of memory, of self-encouragement and rebuke, the inner dialogue that helps us with tough decisions or complicated problems. For others - voice-hearers, trauma-sufferers and prophets - the voices seem to come from outside: friendly voices, malicious ones, the voice of God or the Devil, the muses of art and literature.In The Voices Within, Royal Society Prize shortlisted psychologist Charles Fernyhough draws on extensive original research and a wealth of cultural touchpoints to reveal the workings of our inner voices, and how those voices link to creativity and development. From Virginia Woolf to the modern Hearing Voices Movement, Fernyhough also transforms our understanding of voice-hearers past and present.Building on the latest theories, including the new 'dialogic thinking' model, and employing state-of-the-art neuroimaging and other ground-breaking research techniques, Fernyhough has written an authoritative and engaging guide to the voices in our heads.WELLCOME COLLECTIONWellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death. Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14, 000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries.wellcomecollection.org

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Table of contents

  1. Copyright Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Chapter 1: Funny Slices of Cheese
  5. Chapter 2: Turning up the Gas
  6. Chapter 3: Inside the Chatterbox
  7. Chapter 4: Two Cars
  8. Chapter 5: A Natural History of Thinking
  9. Chapter 6: Voices on the Page
  10. Chapter 7: Chorus of Me
  11. Chapter 8: Not I
  12. Chapter 9: Different Voices
  13. Chapter 10: The Voice of a Dove
  14. Chapter 11: A Brain Listening to Itself
  15. Chapter 12: A Talkative Muse
  16. Chapter 13: Messages from the Past
  17. Chapter 14: A Voice That Doesn’t Speak
  18. Chapter 15: Talking to Ourselves
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Notes
  21. Index