Psychologists Found That Talking To Yourself Could Be A Sign Of Higher Intelligence
Sometimes, talking to yourself, particularly if you use your own name in the conversation can be embarrassing. It may also make you look like you’re hallucinating since the whole purpose of talking out loud is to communicate with other people. In fact, we all talk to ourselves silently every once in a while. It’s actually healthy, playing an important role in keeping your mind fit. It may help you plan actions, organise your thoughts, modulate emotions and consolidate memory. This means that it may help you control yourself. Talking to yourself out loud could be an extension of this inner talk, triggered when a particular motor command is stimulated involuntarily. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology published a study that showed talking to yourself could enable your brain to function more effectively at recognizing objects. It could also help you stimulate your brain’s memory centers. In addition, saying the name of an object you are looking fo