Cognitive disorders: A question of misattribution.
A recent study indicates that schizophrenia patients are prone to auditory hallucinations because they have difficulty recognising their 'inner speech' as their own, and consequently tend to misattribute it to an external source.
Stein
J
J
University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK.
Richardson
A
A
D001307:Auditory Perception; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006212:Hallucinations; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*