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Radio 4,01 Aug 2022,28 mins
The Silent Mind
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鈥楾oday I found out that not everyone has an interior monologue, and it鈥檚 ruined my day.鈥� A little while ago this blog post went viral, triggering an intense online debate. Why do some people have loud, intrusive voices running in their head seemingly all the time, and others a totally 鈥榮ilent mind鈥�? Psychologist and author Professor Charles Fernyhough finds out what it鈥檚 like to have no inner speech, and asks - why are we often totally wrong about what鈥檚 going on inside our own heads? 'Silent Mind' clip by Alan Watts courtesy of alanwatts.org Produced by Olivia Humphreys Sound Mixing: Mike Woolley An Overcoat Media production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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