Hack #62: Talk to Yourself

Language isn't just for talking to other people; it may play a vital role in helping your brain combine information from different modules.

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Links

• Peter Carruthers, link 1: http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/Faculty/pcarruthers/Cognitive-language.htm
• Peter Carruthers, link 2: http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/Faculty/pcarruthers/BBS-reply.htm
• Elizabeth Spelke: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~lds
• "Why children talk to themselves": http://www.abacon.com/berk/ica/research.html
• The support page for Mind Hacks, from which this hack is excerpted.

Errata

The links to the papers by Peter Carruthers have changed since publication. The links above are correct.

Hack Author

This hack is excerpted from Mind Hacks, by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb, in which it appears as Hack #61.

MattWebb? and TomStafford?

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This is a page for a hack from the book MindPerformanceHacks by Ron Hale-Evans.