Self-talk: research challenges and opportunities

In this review, we discuss major measurement and methodological challenges to studying self-talk. We review the assessment of self-talk frequency, studying self-talk in its natural context, personal pronoun usage within self-talk, experiential sampling methods, and the experimental manipulation of self-talk. We highlight new possible research opportunities and discuss recent advances such as brain imaging studies of self-talk, the use of self-talk by robots, and measurement of self-talk in aphasic patients.

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This review discusses the challenges in measuring and studying self-talk, including assessment of frequency, studying in natural context, personal pronoun usage, experiential sampling methods, and experimental manipulation. It highlights new research opportunities and discusses recent advances such as brain imaging studies, use of self-talk by robots, and measurement in aphasic patients.