Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 19, 2018·5 min readPioneering Technique Helps People with Schizophrenia Control Brain ActivityResearchers have developed a new technique that could allow those with schizophrenia, who do not respond to medications, to control verbal hallucinations.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·December 13, 2017·4 min readResearchers Induce a Form of Synesthesia with HypnosisHypnotic suggestion can trigger visual hallucinations similar to those experienced by people with synethesia, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 11, 2017·3 min readStudy Links Brain Structure With Hallucinations and Musical AptitudeA new study links the white matter integrity of the corpus callosum with a person's likelihood of experiencing auditory hallucinations and their musical aptitude.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 24, 2017·7 min readAvatar Therapy May Help Reduce Auditory Hallucinations in People With SchizophreniaA new Lancet study reports auditory hallucinations may be reduced in people with schizophrenia following face-to-face discussions with an avatar that says the things they hear. Researchers report the patients were able to verbalize their feeling by 'standing up to' the avatars and taking control of the conversations.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 22, 2017·3 min readLink Between Infection and Schizophrenia Symptoms DiscoveredUniversity of Otago researchers report children have an increased risk of developing cognitive deficits linked to schizophrenia if their mother's immune system was activated as a result of infection during pregnancy.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 3, 2017·6 min readMechanism That Helps Us Inhibit Unwanted Thoughts IdentifiedGABA concentration within the hippocampus may predict a person's ability to block memory retrieval and prevent unwanted thoughts from occurring, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 1, 2017·3 min readPeople with Psychotic-Like Experiences Spend Less Time in Healthy Brain StatesAccording to researchers, healthy people who experience subtle symptoms of psychotic disorders, such as hallucinations, have altered brain dynamics.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·September 27, 2017·4 min readBrain Disconnections May Contribute to Parkinson’s HallucinationsResearchers have identified functional connectivity problems in brain regions associated with visual processing and attention in Parkinson's patients who experience visual hallucinations.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 11, 2017·3 min readWhat Happens When People Hear Voices Others Don’t?Computational modeling and neuroimaging could help differentiate people with psychosis from those who experience auditory hallucinations without the disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 5, 2017·6 min readCannabis Compound Could Unlock New Cognitive Treatment for SchizophreniaAccording to researchers, Cannabidiol, an active compound in cannabis plants, could help to alleviate cognitive impairment in people with schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 12, 2017·5 min readNeuroscience Explanations For ‘Alien Abduction’ Aren’t So Out of This WorldResearchers provide more real, scientific explanations as to why some people are convinced they have experienced alien encounters.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 29, 2017·5 min readVulnerability to Psychosis: How to Detect itResearchers have identified an early vulnerability biomarker for psychosis.Read More
