Still talking to ourselves after all these years: a review of current research on private speech

By A. Winsler. 2009

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Science & Psychology

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Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015, neutral): “Much of the prior literature on private speech was outlined in an extensive review by Winsler (2009); accordingly, this section provides a brief overview of private speech findings in children, with reference to some more recent studies.”
Handbook of Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance (2011, background): “…that private speech use follows an inverted U-shape with audible self-talk gradually being supplanted, the age at which it peaks and declines seem to vary with task type and domain as well as child characteristics (Berk, 1992; Winsler, 2009), such as learning disabilities (Berk & Landau, 1993).”
Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences Self-reported Frequency, Content, and Functions of Inner Speech (unknown): “Despite decades of empirical work on normal inner speech (e.g., Sokolov, 1972) and private speech in children (e.g., Winsler, 2009), as well as disturbed subvocal speech in brain-damaged patients (Levine, Calvanio, & Popovics, 1982), little is known about naturally occurring self-talk as reported…”
Individual differences in children's private speech: Consistency across tasks, timepoints, and contexts (2011, background): “The incidence of fully overt PS drops off during early childhood, and, in middle childhood, PS is more likely to take the form of covert muttering and whispering, and silent, verbal lip movements (Kohlberg et al., 1968; Winsler, 2009).”
The inner speech of behavioral regulation: Intentions and task performance strengthen when you talk to yourself as a You (2014, background): “Ninety-six percent of adults report engaging in an ongoing internal dialogue, and self-talk, particularly covert, is reported in over a quarter of sampled experiences (Heavey & Hurlburt, 2008; Winsler, 2009).”
The roles of private speech and inner speech in planning during middle childhood: evidence from a dual task paradigm. (2010, background): “For example, Winsler, Diaz, and Montero (1997) had preschoolers perform a selective attention task, each trial of which required them to determine which of two perceptual dimensions (shape or color) was shared by two pictures, and then to select, from a group of alternatives, the answer card that re”
Singing One's Way to Self-Regulation: The Role of Early Music and Movement Curricula and Private Speech (2011, background): “This is additional evidence that private speech is a common strategy that preschool-age children use when engaged in problem-solving activities or when called upon to regulate their behavior (Winsler, 2009).”
Verbal Mediation of Problem Solving in Pre-Primary and Junior Primary School Children (2012, background): “planning and self-regulation) has been generated by domain-diverse explorations (Winder, 2009), including neuropsychological research, and most recently fMRI and lesion studies (Geva et al.”
Private Speech in Illiterate Adults: Cognitive Functions, Task Difficulty, and Literacy (2013, methodology): “Private speech has been widely studied during the last three decades (Winsler 2009).”
Self-Awareness Part 1: Definition, Measures, Effects, Functions, and Antecedents (2011, background): “Private speech use in children has been shown to be positively correlated with effective self-regulation (e.g., Meichenbaum, 1976; Vygotsky, 1943 ⁄1962; Winsler, 2009).”
Communication as commitment sharing: speech acts, implicatures, common ground (2019, background): “People do not only talk to others; they also talk to themselves, and self talk is associated with a variety of higher mental functions, including reasoning, problem solving, planning, attention, and motivation (Winsler 2009, Vicente and Martinez Manrique 2011).”