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The Voices Within - The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves

English · Paperback

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We all hear voices. Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation, filling our heads with speech: the voices of reason, of memory, of self-encouragement and rebuke, the inner dialogue that helps us with tough decisions or complicated problems. For others - voice-hearers, trauma-sufferers and prophets - the voices seem to come from outside: friendly voices, malicious ones, the voice of God or the Devil, the muses of art and literature. In The Voices Within , Royal Society Prize shortlisted psychologist Charles Fernyhough draws on extensive original research and a wealth of cultural touchpoints to reveal the workings of our inner voices, and how those voices link to creativity and development. From Virginia Woolf to the modern Hearing Voices Movement, Fernyhough also transforms our understanding of voice-hearers past and present. Building on the latest theories, including the new 'dialogic thinking' model, and employing state-of-the-art neuroimaging and other ground-breaking research techniques, Fernyhough has written an authoritative and engaging guide to the voices in our heads. WELLCOME COLLECTION Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death. Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14,000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries. wellcomecollection.org

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Authors Charles Fernyhough, Fernyhough Charles
Publisher Profile Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 30.04.2017
 
EAN 9781781252802
ISBN 978-1-78125-280-2
No. of pages 352
Dimensions 128 mm x 204 mm x 24 mm
Series Wellcome
Wellcome
Wellcome Collection
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)

SCIENCE / General, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: states of consciousness, Cognition and cognitive psychology

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