Perhaps we only perceive a &quot;voice&quot; when someone makes us direct our conscious mind towards analyzing, describing, or <i>remembering</i> the reading experience.<p>I mean, consider reflex actions in response to pain: Plenty of people will (quite honestly) tell you that  &quot;it hurt, so I pulled my hand back&quot; but the lower-level neurological evidence suggests we&#x27;re fooling ourselves.