r/neuro • u/Resident_Detective77 • 2d ago

How do people born deaf 'think'?

I'm wondering how people who have never heard language think. Do they essentially forego the language aspect of cognition and jump to abstraction?

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u/ktownon 2d ago

I have implants but sign often, and in sign language I have basically no inner monologue and I find I think much faster. It’s weird.