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Interlude XXVI - The Echoing Mind: When Thought Speaks
When you hear yourself think, who do you believe is speaking?
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores inner speech as a neurological, psychological, and philosophical phenomenon. Drawing on the work of Lev Vygotsky, contemporary neuroimaging research on Broca’s region, Wernicke’s area, the supplementary motor area, and auditory cortex, and the provocative hypothesis of Julian Jaynes, this episode examines how language becomes internalized, how thought acquires a voice, and how the sense of self may emerge from dialogue rather than silence.
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