Whom may I say is speaking? The cognitive neuropsychology of our thoughts, and what makes them our own.

这个项目旨在更好地理解用语言对自己思考的体验（内心语言），以及我们的大脑如何区分这种体验和别人对我们说的话（外部语言）。内心语言对我们调节行为和自我意识的能力至关重要，但人们对它的理解却很少。此外，辨别内在言语和外在言语的能力的丧失是听到幻觉声音的破坏性体验的基础。该项目将通过神经成像和神经刺激技术的新颖结合来解决这些问题。结果将是提高对这些现象和信息的理解，这些信息是开发针对心理健康困难的新治疗方法的关键。

This project aims to better understand the experience of thinking to ourselves in words (inner speech) and how our brains distinguish between this experience and the words others speak to us (external speech). Inner speech is central to our ability to regulate our behaviour and to be self-aware, yet is poorly understood. Furthermore, a breakdown in the ability to distinguish inner speech from external speech underpins the devastating experience of hearing hallucinated voices. This project will address these problems through a novel combination of neuroimaging and neurostimulation techniques. The outcomes will be an improved understanding of these phenomena and information key to the development of new treatments for mental health difficulties.