Subvocalization

<p>Subvocalization, or silent <a href="/facts/Speech_communication/WEelhfTs">speech</a>, is the <a href="/facts/Internal_speech/pqkd53lp">internal speech</a> typically made when <a href="/facts/Reading_(activity)/HUEBU26z">reading</a>; it provides the <a href="/facts/Sound/DlKXlPuF">sound</a> of the <a href="/facts/Word/sD4KyoLF">word</a> as it is read. This is a natural process when reading, and it helps the <a href="/facts/Mind/Y5JhtFj4">mind</a> to access meanings to comprehend and <a href="/facts/Memory/zucwQIEX">remember</a> what is read, potentially reducing <a href="/facts/Cognitive_load/MAAlVLBs">cognitive load</a>.
</p><p>This inner speech is characterized by minuscule movements in the <a href="/facts/Larynx/0bhtXI3Q">larynx</a> and other muscles involved in the articulation of speech. Most of these movements are undetectable (without the aid of machines) by the person who is reading. It is one of the components of <a href="/facts/Alan_Baddeley/6M5kzEeN">Alan Baddeley</a> and <a href="/facts/Graham_Hitch/qrCWWkES">Graham Hitch</a>'s <a href="/facts/Phonological_loop/Rx550ADB">phonological loop</a> proposal which accounts for the storage of these types of information into short-term memory.
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Subvocalization