For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry. Now, researchers have found brainwave evidence showing exactly how ...

New research suggests that auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia may come from a brain glitch that confuses inner thoughts ...

Many people live with a secret that feels almost impossible to describe. They hear speech or whispers that nobody else detects. These are not vague impressions. They can feel as solid as a friend ...

Scientists believe they’ve discovered where the “voices” heard by some people with schizophrenia emanate from using brainwave mapping. As detailed in a new study published in the journal PLOS Biology ...

Auditory hallucinations are likely the result of abnormalities in two brain processes: a 'broken' corollary discharge that fails to suppress self-generated sounds, and a 'noisy' efference copy that ...

New evidence confirms a long-held theory that people with schizophrenia hear 'voices' in their heads by misattributing inner speech as external. "This idea's been around for 50 years, but it's been ...

Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Up to 80 percent of people with these conditions experience auditory hallucinations, hearing speech or ...

Interventions for auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia should be coordinated with patients to fit their needs. Auditory hallucinations, or “hearing voices,” is one of the most prevalent symptoms ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Auditory verbal hallucinations – hearing voices that aren’t there – are one of the most common and distressing symptoms of schizophrenia. Around 60–80% of people with the condition experience them at ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Researchers have come up with an ingenious new approach to treating psychosis: creating an “avatar” for the often upsetting voices in one’s head and talking to them like they’re real, living people.