Journal article
Laterality Effects in Perceived Spatial Location of Hallucination-Like Voices
Perceptual and motor skills, Vol.97(1), pp.246-250
08/01/2003
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.1.246
PMID: 14604046
Abstract
Aydin and colleagues reported a reversal of physiological ‘right-ear advantage' in a group of right-handed patients with schizophrenia, using an auditory acuity test. In schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations may appear to be spatially located inside or outside the patient's head. Here we show, using virtual acoustic space techniques, that normal right-handed subjects have a right-ear advantage for correctly locating the ‘source' of hallucination-like voices as from either inside or outside the head. We propose a model for understanding lateralised, external hallucinations in schizophrenia based upon reversal of normal cortical asymmetry for auditory spatial processing.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Laterality Effects in Perceived Spatial Location of Hallucination-Like Voices
- Creators
- Michael D. Hunter - University of SheffieldJessica K. Smith - University of SheffieldNita Taylor - University of SheffieldWilliam Woods - Auditory Group Newcastle University Medical SchoolSean A. Spence - University of SheffieldTimothy D. Griffiths - Newcastle UniversityPeter W. R. Woodruff - University of Sheffield
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Perceptual and motor skills, Vol.97(1), pp.246-250
- DOI
- 10.2466/pms.2003.97.1.246
- PMID
- 14604046
- ISSN
- 0031-5125
- eISSN
- 1558-688X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2003
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984631941902771
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