title: Studies of auditory verbal hallucinations.
abstract: Neuroscientists have been exploring the mechanism of auditory verbal hallucinations. In this commentary, I review studies by Judy Ford, who employed a vocalization paradigm to test the hypothesis of impaired corollary discharge in psychotic patients who experience auditory verbal hallucinations. I highlight the strengths of this research program and reflect on the challenge of reducing a complex clinical feature to an abnormality of basic cognitive processes, such as language and memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heckers
mesh_terms: D006212:Hallucinations; D006801:Humans
keywords: Event-related potential; Hallucination; Neuroimaging; Psychosis