Varieties of Inner Speech and Creative Potential

Inner speaking, the covert talking that goes on inside a person's mind, can shape creative thought. How phenomenological properties and quality of inner speaking correlate with potential, however, is an open scientific problem. To explore this, participants ( n = 267) filled in revised Varieties Speech Questionnaire Launay Slade Hallucination Scale (auditory subscale), performed three tests potential: one divergent (Alternative Uses Test) two convergent thinking (Compound Remote Associates Test, short Hagen Matrices Test). The results showed tendency to engage condensed evaluative/ critical negatively correlated ability; pointed toward potential negative correlation auditory hallucination proneness ability. No evidence was found for dialogicality, imagining others’ voices, or positive/regulatory aspect day-to-day speech, potential. Herewith, presented study contributes novel insight into relationship between varieties speech