We explored fronto-temporal connectivity using fMRI of patients and controls generating inner speech. Method The subjects were eight schizophrenic patients in remission recruited from the wards and clinics of the Maudsley Hospital, and 8 controls matched for age, sex and IQ. Diagnosis was made by clinical interview and case-note review, using DSM IV criteria. All subjects were trained to overtl...

Inner speech plays a significant role in various cognitive processes as internalized social and unique form of sign-using activity. While previous research has already emphasized the inner formation meanings interpretation, few attempts have been made to establish semiotic account mechanism meaning-making. The study aims concept communication embodied artistic discourse. Thus, paper addresses m...

The unique capacity of the self to reflect upon itself, named self-awareness, has Abstract Little is known with regard to the precise cognitive tools the self uses in acquiring and processing information about itself. In this article, we underline the possibility that inner speech might just represent one such cognitive process. Duval and Wicklund’s theory of self-awareness and the selfconsciou...

BACKGROUND One of the most influential cognitive models of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) suggests that a failure to adequately monitor the production of one's own inner speech leads to verbal thought being misidentified as an alien voice. However, it is unclear whether this theory can explain the phenomenological complexity of AVH. We aimed to assess whether subjective perceptual and exp...

Humans rely on at least two modes of thought: verbal (inner speech) and visual (imagery). Are these modes independent, or does engaging in one entail engaging in the other? To address this question, we performed a behavioral and an fMRI study. In the behavioral experiment, participants received a prompt and were asked to either silently generate a sentence or create a visual image in their mind...