Occasionally muse out loud to meself on this subject and I know society's official view is that you should not talk to yourself or that it's a sign of madness if you do. But I wonder why society takes that view and how it measures up to reality? Did a quick google as one does and found some studies find talking to yourself may be a sign of intelligence and even genius.
A quote from a page on linkedin:
Does everybody talk to themselves when alone?
A quote from a page on linkedin:
- Another study found that participants who talked out loud to themselves while solving abstract logic puzzles performed three times better than those who worked in silence. These puzzles had two components that increased in difficulty; it was on the second, more difficult component that the self-talkers surpassed the silent group. The researcher concluded that talking to themselves “lead to increased awareness of past behavior, particularly of those aspects necessary for a successful solution.” In other words, the self-talkers basically taught themselves how to solve the puzzles.
Does everybody talk to themselves when alone?