eli5: How/why can we “hear” our thoughts?

Question

Unsure if the flair is correct. The title pretty much says it all, in the best way I could think to word it.

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Answer 1

Fun fact: Not everyone has an internal monologue.

[People With No Internal Monologue Explain what It’s Like In Their Head](https://www.iflscience.com/brain/people-with-no-internal-monologue-explain-what-its-like-in-their-head/amp.html)