Auditory hallucinations, defined as the perception of sounds or voices without external stimuli, are a core symptom in many psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. Recent developments have ...

Neuroimaging suggests that people with borderline personality disorder who hear voices show distinct structural differences ...

For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry. Now, researchers have found brainwave evidence showing exactly how ...

Interventions for auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia should be coordinated with patients to fit their needs. Auditory hallucinations, or “hearing voices,” is one of the most prevalent symptoms ...

Many people live with a secret that feels almost impossible to describe. They hear speech or whispers that nobody else detects. These are not vague impressions. They can feel as solid as a friend ...

“Voices inside my head, echo the things that you said.” —The Police, “Voices Inside My Head" Auditory hallucinations–loosely defined as hearing something when there’s no actual noise to hear–are one ...

A novel digital treatment designed to reduce the frequency of auditory hallucinations and associated distress in patients with psychosis has been shown to be safe and effective, results from the ...

Mindfulness therapy added to routine care is linked to a greater reduction in auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia vs routine care alone, a new study shows.

New research reveals that the brain's failure to self-monitor motor signals plays a key role in schizophrenia-related hallucinations, offering fresh insights into the mechanisms behind these ...

To study how auditory and verbal hallucinations work, Swiss scientists developed a robotically-assisted technique to make people who have no history of mental illness hallucinate voices that are not ...

Hallucinations are unreal sensory experiences, such as hearing or seeing something that is not there. Any of our five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch) can be involved. Most often, when we ...