It's a bit odd reading this because I learned just a few months ago, right here, that I am aphantastic (no mental imagery). Shortly after that, while discussing with some coworkers, I also learned I am anauralic (no inner voice). It appears they do sometimes go together:
I think for those of us who don't have an inner voice, section "3.2 The Semantic Content View" seems to be a somewhat match, but it also says
> Gauker’s style of pure semantic content view is not widely endorsed. This may be because it clashes with the widespread view that inner speech has a sensory character similar to that of hearing speech.
So I wonder if the people that wrote this article are unable to fathom that people without an inner voice exist?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551557/
I think for those of us who don't have an inner voice, section "3.2 The Semantic Content View" seems to be a somewhat match, but it also says
> Gauker’s style of pure semantic content view is not widely endorsed. This may be because it clashes with the widespread view that inner speech has a sensory character similar to that of hearing speech.
So I wonder if the people that wrote this article are unable to fathom that people without an inner voice exist?