We all hear voices Ordinary thinking is often a kind of conversation filling our heads with speech the voices of reason of memory of self-encouragement & rebuke the inner dialogue that helps us with tough decisions or complicated problems For others
- voice-hearers trauma-sufferers & prophets
- the voices seem to come from outside friendly voices malicious ones the voice of God or the Devil the muses of art & literature In The Voices Within Royal Society Prize shortlisted psychologist Charles Fernyhough draws on extensive original research & a wealth of cultural touchpoints to reveal the workings of our inner voices & how those voices link to creativity & development From Virginia Woolf to the modern Hearing Voices Movement Fernyhough also transforms our understanding of voice-hearers past & present Building on the latest theories including the new 'dialogic thinking' model & employing state-of-the-art neuroimaging & other ground-breaking research techniques Fernyhough has written an authoritative & engaging guide to the voices in our heads WELLCOME COLLECTIONWellcome Collection is a free museum & library that aims to challenge how we think & feel about health Inspired by the medical objects & curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome it connects science medicine life & art Wellcome Collection exhibitions events & books explore a diverse range of subjects including consciousness forensic medicine emotions sexology identity & death Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive funding over 14000 researchers & projects in more than 70 countries wellcomecollectionorg