{"product_id":"the-voices-within-the-history-and-science-of-how-we-talk-to-ourselves-9780465096800","title":"The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Fernyhough\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology \u0026amp; Cognition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous exploration of the nature of thoughts, from daydreams to the voices in our heads\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the moment you caught sight of this book, what were you thinking? Was your thought a stream of sensations? Or was it a voice in your head? Did you ask yourself, \"I wonder what that's about?\" Did you answer? And what does it mean if you did? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When someone says they hear voices in their head, they are often thought to be mentally ill. But, as Charles Fernyhough argues in \u003ci\u003eThe Voices Within\u003c\/i\u003e, such voices are better understood as one of the chief hallmarks of human thought. Our inner voices can be self-assured, funny, profound, hesitant, or mean; they can appear in different accents and even in sign language. We all hear them-and we needn't fear them. Indeed, we cannot live without them: we need them, whether to make decisions or to bring a book's characters to life as we read. Studying them can enrich our understanding of ourselves, and our understanding of the world around us; it can help us understand the experiences of visionary saints, who might otherwise be dismissed as schizophrenics; to alleviate the suffering of those who do have mental health problems; and to understand why the person next to us on the subway just burst out laughing for no apparent reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether the voices in our heads are meandering lazily or clashing chaotically, they deserve to be heard. Bustling with insights from literature, film, art, and psychology, \u003ci\u003eThe Voices Within\u003c\/i\u003e offers more than science; it powerfully entreats us all to take some time to hear ourselves think.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45356050186391,"sku":"9780465096800","price":4139.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780465096800.webp?v=1767149094","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-voices-within-the-history-and-science-of-how-we-talk-to-ourselves-9780465096800","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}