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Thinking aloud as a method of studying problem solving has been seen as a variant of introspection. In the present study, introspective and thinking aloud protocols were compared. The thinking aloud protocols were more elliptical present-oriented, and contained more indefinite referents. Reasons were given for interpreting these findings as indicating that thinking aloud makes overt the normally covert process of inner speech.
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This research was conducted under the support of a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Research Council of Canada.
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Benjafield, J. Evidence that ‘thinking aloud’ constitutes an externalization of inner speech. Psychon Sci 15, 83–84 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336211
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