Abstract
In this paper, I tackle the thorny problem of auditory imagining from a behavior-analytic perspective. I previously suggested that listening to (i.e., perceiving) speech or music involves sub-vocal behaviors (Schlinger, 2008a). In the present paper, I extend that argument to suggest that imagining hearing speech or music also involves sub-vocal behaviors (self-talking and self-singing). Thus, listening and auditory imagining are not cognitive processes, but behaviors. This interpretation is consistent with an assumption of behavioral continuity and is supported by numerous brain-imaging studies.
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