Toward a phenomenology of inner speaking

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1477-1494

  Hurlburt, Russell T ^a   Heavey, Christopher L ^a   Kelsey, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive Experience Sampling; Inner hearing; Inner speaking; Inner speech; Phenomenology; Pristine inner experience; Self talk; Sensory awareness; Unsymbolized thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DESCRIPTIVE EXPERIENCE SAMPLING; HEARING; HUMAN; INNER SPEAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPEECH; THINKING; VERBALIZATION; VOICE;

DESCRIPTIVE EXPERIENCE SAMPLING; INNER HEARING; INNER SPEAKING; INNER SPEECH; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRISTINE INNER EXPERIENCE; SELF TALK; SENSORY AWARENESS; UNSYMBOLIZED THINKING;

AWARENESS; HUMANS; SPEECH; THINKING;

EID: 84886842477     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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