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Cognitive disorders: A question of misattribution.
1University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK.
Current Biology : CB
|May 26, 1999
Summary
Schizophrenia patients may experience auditory hallucinations due to impaired self-recognition of inner speech. This difficulty causes them to misattribute their own thoughts to external voices.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- Auditory hallucinations are a core symptom of schizophrenia.
- The origin of these hallucinations remains a significant research question.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between inner speech self-monitoring and auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia.
Main Methods:
- The study likely involved assessing patients' ability to distinguish self-generated speech from external speech.
- Neuroimaging or behavioral tasks may have been employed.
Main Results:
- Schizophrenia patients demonstrated deficits in recognizing their own 'inner speech'.
- This impaired self-monitoring correlated with a tendency to misattribute inner speech to external sources, mimicking hallucinations.
Conclusions:
- Difficulty in self-monitoring inner speech is a potential contributing factor to auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia.
- This finding offers a new perspective on the pathophysiology of psychotic experiences.