“Other” tags for “Self”-generated speech in patients with auditory verbal hallucinations, an fMRI study

While the mechanisms of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) remain elusive, various disorders of inner speech (thinking in words) have been consistently implicated (Stephane et al., 2001). Developmental research indicates that both inner speech and social speech develop from a common precursor; and just like social speech, inner speech includes a perceptual (inner voice) and motor components (speech muscles activity). Similarly, in addition to the inherent perceptual component of hallucinations, AVH are often associated with a motor component (e.g.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - July 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Massoud Stephane, Philip Burton, Dustin Meriwether, Gihyun Yoon Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research