{"product_id":"the-voices-within-9780465096800","title":"The Voices Within","description":"\u003cb\u003eA luminous exploration of the nature of thoughts, from daydreams to the voices in our heads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the moment you caught sight of this book, what were you thinking? Was your thought a stream of sensations? Or was it a voice in your head? Did you ask yourself, \"I wonder what that's about?\" Did you answer? And what does it mean if you did?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When someone says they hear voices in their head, they are often thought to be mentally ill. But, as Charles Fernyhough argues in \u003ci\u003eThe Voices Within\u003c\/i\u003e, such voices are better understood as one of the chief hallmarks of human thought. Our inner voices can be self-assured, funny, profound, hesitant, or mean; they can appear in different accents and even in sign language. We all hear them-and we needn't fear them. Indeed, we cannot live without them: we need them, whether to make decisions or to bring a book's characters to life as we read. Studying them can enrich our understanding of ourselves, and our understanding of the world around us; it can help us understand the experiences of visionary saints, who might otherwise be dismissed as schizophrenics; to alleviate the suffering of those who do have mental health problems; and to understand why the person next to us on the subway just burst out laughing for no apparent reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whether the voices in our heads are meandering lazily or clashing chaotically, they deserve to be heard. Bustling with insights from literature, film, art, and psychology, \u003ci\u003eThe Voices Within\u003c\/i\u003e offers more than science; it powerfully entreats us all to take some time to hear ourselves think.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51391430328625,"sku":"9780465096800","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/2420\/2801\/files\/O_b0b39cae-6381-4b58-81ab-8b046a133831.jpg?v=1764770675","url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/the-voices-within-9780465096800","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}