O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

That little voice in your head – or sometimes the one that escapes your lips – is a constant companion. Self-talk, the act of internally or externally verbalizing thoughts, has often been stigmatized ...

Emily Kwong is pretty sure she lacks an inner monologue, while the inner monologue of producer Rachel Carlson won't stop chatting. But how well can a person know their inner self? And what does ...

When I first realized my now-husband had an inner monologue, I thought something was wrong with him. My head is quiet all the time, which puts me in the minority since most people have a monologue.

While experts disagree on how common self-talk really is, they wholeheartedly agree that it’s a valuable tool for self-discovery. Do you talk to yourself? Psychologists say it might be more of a ...

Flashback to college: I’m sitting in the dining hall with my best friend Dave, and a student enters in a firefighter outfit. Assuming (and probably correctly) that this man is part of the ...

We all talk to ourselves in our heads. It could be a pep talk heading into a wedding speech or chaotic family reunion or motivating yourself to quit procrastinating. This inner speech also hides ...

In the 1995 cult classic “Clueless” (dir. Amy Heckerling), the audience hears the inner monologue of goodhearted but ditzy Cher (Alicia Silverstone) as she’s struck with the sudden realization that ...