Comments on: Why Talking to Yourself Might be The Highest Form of Intelligence

By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:28:37 +0000

I problem solve this way, speaking aloud to myself, fairly often. It works. Writing helps too, but talking through a problem (especially when pacing to some degree) seems to help make all different kinds of relevant connections between facts that I would otherwise overlook through an internal monologue. Great article!

- web developer / university senior / father / husband / thinker

By: April Hoffman

April Hoffman — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:48:16 +0000

Thanks for the article, ( Crazy ) is the label I got thanks to my really IGNORANT friend because of this, which really hurts.

By: majidalsarra

majidalsarra — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:41:24 +0000

Hello
I found that talking to yourself is a major motivation for blogging, check my post please :)
http://msarra.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/the-blogging-venture/

By: The Blogging Venture « Majid ALSarra

The Blogging Venture « Majid ALSarra — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:55:10 +0000

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By: Renoda

Renoda — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:41:38 +0000

Thank you for this information. I know that here lately I have been really stressed and have several issues to deal with both professionally and in my personal life. I have found myself driving down the road talking out my issues out loud and find that I am finding answers to some issues that I was having just by talking it out myself. I was thinking about getting mental assistance because I thought that I was loosing it. Thank you again. I appreciate the posts.

By: David prentice

David prentice — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:09:51 +0000

Thank god I’m not nuts

By: Mohammad Elsheimy

Mohammad Elsheimy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:03:27 +0000

One thing about me, when I need to solve a problem, I turn off the lights, close the door, and keep moving in the room while talking to myself loudly. :D

Thanks for the nice post! :)

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:09:54 +0000

1. Is it possible that people who ‘Think Loud’ are better at finding soultions?
2. This is particularly true for conflict resolution. Defining the conflict correctly (by overwrighting both the sides of the conflict several times) really helps.

By: technogeist

technogeist — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:40:43 +0000

Not one for actually talking out loud with myself. But with my internal voice, having conversations constantly. (usually when there isn’t some irritating song bouncing around my head instead)

When creating software, it is very helpful to put your thoughts into words, so that when you (or someone else) reads the code, maybe several months or years later it will help restore the faded neural pathways. Also helpful getting yourself out of a mental block before the onset of procrastination.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:57:03 +0000

In university, when learning for exams, I used to obtain the best results (memorizing and understanding and clarifying concepts) when reading the course twice and then walking around the room pretending to teach the course to an imaginary student of mine.