Gary Forbis wrote:
> Jerry Hull <ZZZghull at stny.lrun.com> wrote in message
> news:38358329.10425428 at news-server.stny.rr.com...> > On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:49:05 -0000, "ADR" <a.dalla_rosa at virgin.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >We don't actually think in words. Observe carefully while your
> 'thinking'.
> > >Your tongue is still moving and there is small muscular movements
> occuring,
> > >you're actually talking without voicing out loud. Try sticking your
> tongue
> > >out and keeping it still as possible, you won't be able to think well in
> > >'words'. Thoughts are feelings on one level which we bring down one level
> by
> > >using our tools for communication, such as our mouth.
> >
> > This seems completely mistaken. It is the vocal chords that show
> > micro movements which track with "silent speech", if I recall
> > correctly. The tongue has nothing to do with it.
>> I tried the experiment suggested. I stuck my tongue out as far as I could
> and bracketed it with my index and middle finger. On repeated experiments
> I see that reading text that includes oh sounds such as oh, correctly,
> micro,
> etc. I tended to cup the back of my tongue. I believe this is what caused
> my
> gag reflex in the original experiment since I stuck my fingers as deep as I
> could without gagging prior to reading the text.
>> Maybe this is just suggestibility on my part, that is, give the assertion
> that
> I would move my tongue I did in fact move my tongue. Some words don't
> use the back of the tongue and reading them does not cause the gag reflex.
> I don't know. How could I test this now that I know the expected response?
> I can't get my relatives to do this, especially without telling them why.
I tried this again. My gag reflex aside, I was able to read your
paragraph without moving my tongue at all.
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