Table 2.

A matrix of self-communicative behaviors where the individual may take active or inactive sender and receiver roles.

		Receiver
		Active	Inactive
Sender	Active	Imagined interactions, simulations, conscious sensory imagery (including visualization, aural imagery, interoception, etc.), overt self-talk (e.g., spoken, written), lucid dreaming	Spontaneous thoughts that are not appraised or attended to (but one could become aware of by activating the receiver role)
	Inactive	Dream recall, hallucinations, intrusive thoughts, emotional appraisal	Dreams not recalled, cognition, intangible thoughts such as implicit associations, biases, or unattended emotional responses

This matrix is analogous to figure 1 in Andersen (1991) explaining communication that is intentionally vs. unintentionally transmitted or successfully vs. unsuccessfully received. Like interpersonal communication, intrapersonal communication may vary in nuanced ways based on the effect it can have on the sender and/or receiver contained within the singular individual.