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Author Topic: Do you "hear" when you read and think? Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-30-2003 11:53 PM                     As you read this, do you "hear" a voice in your head or do you just see the words? If so, is it your own voice? How do you process printed words and thoughts?  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-31-2003 12:08 AM                     I hear my own voice when I read to myself. I also hear my own voice when I think to myself. There are other voices, but I try to ignore them most of the time.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-31-2003 12:15 AM                        You mean other than the voices I normally hear inside my head? Like Adam, I usually hear my own voice when I read or consciously think about something. But when reading dialog I hear voices other than mine.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-31-2003 02:01 AM                        I hear myself as I read and think. Damn my voice is annoying! Actually it's not *quite* my voice but it seems as if it is. Weird. Very hard to explain, but I do "hear" it. Well actually I can't read at all (but I can write) so I don't hear my voice then. I just see the funny symbols that literate people convert to meaningful linear information automatically.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 07-31-2003 03:13 AM                        I hear people`s voices rather than my own when I read their posts. When I do not know the voice, I automatically "make up" one which I think matches the picture.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-31-2003 03:14 AM                     I hear myself when I read generic text. The only exception to this is when I am reading posts from people I know. For example, if I am reading posts from Joe, I automatically add his sense of humor to the text and his sarcasm. If I am reading Phil's posts, I automatically add his perverseness to them. If I am reading Michael's posts, I slur my speech and sound completely slamhammered drunk like he was at ShoWest.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Fuentz Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Fresno, CA, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 07-31-2003 04:14 AM                     I've never thought of this before, but I "hear" my own voice unless I know the voice of the person who wrote the text, then I "hear" them reading it to me.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-31-2003 04:56 AM                  Interesting question... Like Mike, for people I personally don't know, I tend to make one up based on what the pic is or what "I think" they look like based on their posts. For general reading like a J.R.R. book, I "hear" the characters in the voice as I imagine it would be. For people I know, I hear their words in their own voice. I hear Mike as Brad mentioned. I hear Brad in his high-pitched "girlie" voice, etc. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 07-31-2003 05:45 AM                        Unless I am reading out loud I don't hear any voice when I read. When I am reading whether it be for work or pleasure there is usually a CD playing in the background and that is all I hear.  |  IP: Logged John Scott Master Film Handler Posts: 252 From: Oakdale, MN, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 07-31-2003 09:30 AM                     I as well hear my voice when I read or think.  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-31-2003 09:43 AM                        I hear my own voice as well, I also hear my friends voice to.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-31-2003 10:13 AM                        I've never thought about this before. The voice I hear "reading the text to me" varies. It is sometimes my voice, a friend's voice (especially if it is an email from a friend), or a teacher's voice, or sometimes just a random voice.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-31-2003 12:27 PM                     This also makes me wonder if those of you who do not hear a voice when reading read any faster than the rest of us? I would think that you can only hear yourself reading as fast as you could actually speak.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-31-2003 03:51 PM                        Adam, I can read pretty damn fast when I want to and nothing seems to change as far as the "voices" go. I seem to "hear" as I write as well. This is freaky. Make it stop!  |  IP: Logged Michael West Film Handler Posts: 67 From: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Registered: Apr 2000 posted 07-31-2003 06:24 PM                        man - the stuff you guys come up with for topics!  |  IP: Logged

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