Sep 27, 2010 07:57 AM
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Self Talk
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Self Talk
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Self Talk
A new research has shown that talking to oneself can turn out to be good. It was previously regarded as a condition for madness but now it is there to do all good for you.
It is found that people who practise talking to themselves have self control in stressful and tensed situation.
According to scientist in order to have a control under impulsive conditions the “inner voice” plays an important factor .
A study was conducted by the Psychologists from Toronto University in Canada. A set of volunteers were appointed with self control tasks. The task involved the participants to either talk to themselves or keep their mind blank.
On seeing a particular symbol on screen, they were asked to press a button. But on seeing another symbol they were asked not to press the button.
The test was done to measure self control as it was observed that there was more press than don’t press.
The next test conducted by the researchers was to measure the usage of “inner Voice”. This involved them to stop talking to themselves while doing the test.
Researcher Michael Inzlicht said: "We found people acted more impulsively when they couldn't use their inner voice through the tasks."
"Without being able to verbalise messages to themselves, they were not able to exercise the same amount of self control as when they could talk themselves.
This study shows that talking to ourselves helps us exercise self control and prevents impulsive decisions," he added.
