Why Do We Talk to Ourselves?

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Do you mumble to yourself while looking for your keys, or pump yourself up in the morning with a bathroom mirror pep talk? It may actually be helpful—but only if you do it right. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Nicholas Smith, Tim Curwick, Alexander Wadsworth, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0304394000016657/1-s2.0-S0304394000016657-main.pdf?_tid=48ed1e8c-65c6-11e7-94dd-00000aacb360&acdnat=1499728976_25a6dcc162b33e587eab77062c836a02 https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/aug/21/science-little-voice-head-hearing-voices-inner-speech http://ac.els-cdn.com/S088520060700004X/1-s2.0-S088520060700004X-main.pdf?_tid=6ec007ae-67f7-11e7-9e4f-00000aacb35e&acdnat=1499969987_f87d6c0590655871833e8b044cf52acf https://hbr.org/2015/02/pronouns-matter-when-psyching-yourself-up http://selfcontrol.psych.lsa.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/KrossJ_Pers_Soc_Psychol20

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