Linguistic Active Inference

Rethinking inner speech through linguistic active inference

Why do we talk to ourselves in the head? Our new theory might answer that.

Bo Yao

2025-12-12 3 min read

Rethinking inner speech through linguistic active inference

Rethinking inner speech through linguistic active inference

This article introduces the linguistic active inference theory, which proposes that inner speech augments the brain’s predictive …

Bo Yao