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== Inner voice ==

Research on the inner voice perceived by humans led to the identification of these gyri as the area of the brain activated during such dialogue with oneself.<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Jaekl P | url = https://aeon.co/essays/our-inner-narrator-gives-us-continuity-and-a-sense-of-self | title = The inner voice | work = Aeon | date = 13 September 2018 }}</ref> Specifically, Heschl's gyrus responded to spontaneous inner speech, while it was hypoactive during task-elicited inner speech (repeating words prompted by an experimenter).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hurlburt RT, Alderson-Day B, Kühn S, Fernyhough C | title = Exploring the Ecological Validity of Thinking on Demand: Neural Correlates of Elicited vs. Spontaneously Occurring Inner Speech | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = e0147932 | date = 2016-02-04 | pmid = 26845028 | pmc = 4741522 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0147932 | bibcode = 2016PLoSO..1147932H | doi-access = free }}</ref>