Obiettivo The experience of "hearing voices", i. e. auditory hallucinations in the absence of an external acoustic input is a perplexing phenomenon. In addition to being a defining characteristic of schizophrenia, experiences of "hearing voices" may be more common in the general population than what we normally think, which poses a theoretical challenge from a neuropsychological point of view. The overall goal is to track auditory hallucinations from the cognitive (phenomenological) to the neuronal (brain systems and synaptic) levels of explanation, by drawing on my previous research on hemispheric asymmetry and attention-modulation of dichotic listening and functional neuroimaging. I now suggest a new model for explaining "hearing voices" in patients and in healthy individuals. From the phenomenology of what patients and healthy individuals "hearing voices" actually report led me to question current models and theories that auditory hallucinations are "inner speech" or "traumatic memories". Since both patients and healthy individuals "hearing voices" subjectively report experiencing someone "speaking to them" it seems that a perceptual model would better fit the actual phenomenology. A perceptual model can however not explain why patients and healthy individuals differ in the way they cope with and interpret the "voice". An expanded model is therefore advanced that sees auditory hallucinations as a break-down of the dynamic interplay between bottom-up (perceptual) and top-down (inhibitory control) cognitive processes. It is suggested that while both groups show deficient perceptual processing, the patients in addition have impaired inhibitory control functions which prevents them from interpreting the "voices" as coming from inner thought processes. A series of experiments are proposed to test the model. Campo scientifico medical and health sciencesclinical medicinepsychiatryschizophreniasocial sciencespsychologycognitive psychology Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-AG-SH4 - ERC Advanced Grant - The Human Mind and its complexity Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2009-AdG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Istituzione ospitante UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN Contributo UE € 2 281 572,00 Indirizzo MUSEPLASSEN 1 5020 Bergen Norvegia Mostra sulla mappa Regione Norge Vestlandet Vestland Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Liv-Grethe Gudmundsen (Mrs.) Ricercatore principale Kenneth Hugdahl (Prof.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN Norvegia Contributo UE € 2 281 572,00 Indirizzo MUSEPLASSEN 1 5020 Bergen Mostra sulla mappa Regione Norge Vestlandet Vestland Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Liv-Grethe Gudmundsen (Mrs.) Ricercatore principale Kenneth Hugdahl (Prof.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
