I'm always wondering about how (or if) other people's inner dialog differs from my own.
I spend much of my idle thought time[1] thinking about philosophy and science, and when my thoughts take the specific form of "speaking" it's almost always along the lines of a hypothetical argument with some random person in my life wherein I'm trying to justify something I believe, or where I'm trying to teach (as I get a lot of enjoyment out of teaching others new things).
One striking similarity to the example in this article is the almost frantic gear switching. Â I'll be having a mental dialog about evolutionary psychology, think about where/how/when I'm going to get gas tomorrow, think about how to explain modern web development to my Mom, and then pick up exactly where I left up with my evolutionary psychology dialog.
[1] By "idle thought time", I'm talking about when I'm driving the car, in the shower, sitting on the deck enjoying the weather, etc…
Some people have tried to eavesdrop on the silent conversations in other people’s minds. Psychologists have attempted to capture what they call self-talk or inner speech in the moment, asking people to stop what they are doing and write down their thoughts at random points in time. Others have relied on surveys or diaries. Andrew Irving, an anthropologist at the University of Manchester, decided to try something a little different: a peripatetic transcription of consciousness.
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Mrs. Dalloway in New York City: Documenting How People Talk to Themselves in Their Heads | Brainwaves, Scientific American Blog Network
On any given day, millions of conversations reverberate through New York City. Poke your head out a window overlooking a busy street and you will hear …
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Trying "to write it down" may not work. Having to write it down changes the conversation for me, so it's not an objective description.
Yeah, there's definite issues along those lines here.