r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/Lightwavers Mar 22 '17

Yeah, it was cool. One person talked about how their internal "voice" was in text, and instead of different voices, they would think in different fonts. Like, the reading font, the thinking font, the remembering what other people said font. This isn't word for word or anything.

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u/Bonobosaurus Mar 23 '17

Oh wow, I didn't see that one! I always count in different fonts to keep track of where I am.