the sound of one’s own voice

Conversation.

Jul 28, 2024

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Conversation normally starts with an alerting signal, so as to engage the attention of the intended collocutor. Absence of the alerting signal conveys that this is not going to be a conversation. Conversation normally includes listening pauses, the absence of which indicates that this is not a conversation: “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”…
Conjunction of evolutionary, Shakespearean and synaptic perspectives.

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The nerves of the brain may be activated or inhibited. Ideas come to mind, or are put to the back of the mind. Attention is activation of what is relevant and inhibition of what is not relevant. Inhibition may be more biologically costly than activation. The hard work of doing nothing. The hard work of…