A5056258330- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Media Influence and Health
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Hallucinations in medical conditions
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Neurology and Historical Studies
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
Durham University
2018-2022
Inner speech is a common experience for many but hard to measure empirically. The Varieties of Speech Questionnaire (VISQ) has been used link everyday phenomenology inner - such as dialogue various psychopathological traits. However, positive and supportive aspects have not always captured. This study presents revised version the scale VISQ-R based on factor analyses in two large samples: respondents survey reading (N = 1412) sample university students 377). Exploratory analysis indicated...
Proneness to unusual perceptual states – such as auditory or visual hallucinations has been proposed exist on a continuum in the general population, but whether there is cognitive basis for remains unclear. Intentional inhibition (the ability wilfully control thoughts and memories) one mechanism that linked hallucination susceptibility, most evidence date drawn from clinical samples only. Moreover, link yet be demonstrated over above relations other skills (source monitoring) (intrusive...
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are typically associated with schizophrenia but also occur in individuals without any need for care (nonclinical voice hearers [NCVHs]). Cognitive models of AVHs posit potential biases source monitoring, top-down processes, or a failure to inhibit intrusive memories. However, research across clinical/nonclinical groups is limited, and the extent which there may be continuity cognitive mechanism groups, as predicted by psychosis-continuum hypothesis,...
Experiences of felt presence (FP) are well documented in neurology, neuropsychology and bereavement research, but systematic research relation to psychopathology is limited. FP a feature sensorimotor disruption psychosis, hypnagogic experiences, solo pursuits spiritual encounters, comparing these phenomena remains rare. A comparative approach the phenomenology has potential identify shared unique processes underlying experience across contexts, with implications for clinical understanding...
Source monitoring, or the ability to recall origin of information, is a crucial aspect remembering past experience. One facet this, reality refers distinguish between internally generated and externally biases in which have previously been associated with auditory verbal hallucinations schizophrenia. Neuroimaging evidence suggests that medial prefrontal superior temporal (STG) regions may play role monitoring for from previous neurostimulation experiment also suggesting modulation...
Ruminative thought is a style of thinking which involves repetitively focusing upon one’s own negative mood, its causes and consequences. The effects rumination are well-documented, but comparatively little known about how experienced. evaluative nature suggests that it could involve more inner speech than non-ruminative states. present study (N = 31) combined facial electromyography self-report questionnaires to determine the type experience occurs in rumination. results showed induced...
Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is a recommended treatment psychotic experiences, but its effectiveness has been questioned. One way of addressing this may be to tailor materials the phenomenology specific experiences.In study, we investigated acceptability novel manual subtypes 'voice-hearing' experiences (i.e. auditory verbal hallucinations). An uncontrolled, single-arm design was used assess feasibility and using in routine care people with frequent voice-hearing...
Objectives To conduct a feasibility study on new, tablet‐delivered treatment for unusual sensory experiences in service‐users with an At Risk Mental States psychosis. Design A mixed method design was employed, using content analysis to investigate whether and therapists found the new acceptable helpful. We also collected data impact of treatment, but without control group could not make any claims about effectiveness. Methods Eligible participants were contacted before starting offered...
Abstract Stories transport readers into vivid imaginative worlds, but understanding how create such worlds—populating them with characters, objects, and events—presents serious challenges across disciplines. Auditory imagery is thought to play a prominent role in this process, especially when representing characters' voices. Previous research has shown that direct reference speech stories (e.g., He said, “I'm over here”) may prompt spontaneous activation of voice-selective auditory cortex...
Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are typically associated with schizophrenia but also occur in individuals without any need for care (non-clinical voice-hearers; NCVH). Cognitive models of AVH posit potential biases source-monitoring, top-down processes, or a failure to inhibit intrusive memories. However, research across clinical/non-clinical groups is limited, and the extent which there may be continuity cognitive mechanism groups, as predicted by psychosis continuum hypothesis,...
People rapidly make first impressions of others, often based on very little information–minimal exposure to faces or voices is sufficient for humans up their mind about personality others. While there has been considerable research voice perception, much less known its relevance hallucination-proneness, despite auditory hallucinations being frequently perceived as personified social agents. The present paper reports two studies investigating the relation between perception and...
Some of the most interesting advances in study episodic memory have come from considering different levels analysis. In this article, we focus on how insights multiple disciplines can inform understanding subjective experience remembering. For example, highlight inspiration arts and humanities generate novel research questions that elucidate cognitive brain mechanisms responsible for what it feels like to remember a previous experience. We also consider multi-level perspective help address...
Experiences of felt presence (FP) are well documented in neurology, neuropsychology, and bereavement research, but systematic research psychiatry is limited. Reports FP a feature body disruption psychosis, hypnagogic hypnopompic experiences, solo pursuits, spiritual encounters, yet comparing these phenomena rare. Here we present mixed-methods analysis from three online surveys as part comparative across diverse contexts: population sample which included people with experience psychosis...