Despite a growing interest in auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) in different clinical and
nonclinical groups, the phenomenological characteristics of such experiences have not yet …

Involvement of the insular cortex is a common finding in neuroanatomical studies of
schizophrenia, yet its contribution to disease pathology remains unknown. This review …

Reality monitoring processes are necessary for discriminating between internally generated
information and information that originated in the outside world. They help us to identify our …

Bereaved people often report having sensory and quasi-sensory experiences of the
deceased (SED), and there is an ongoing debate over whether SED are associated with …

BackgroundCognitive models have postulated that auditory hallucinations arise from the
misattribution of internally generated cognitive events to external sources. Several …

Theories about auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia suggest that these experiences
occur because patients fail to recognize thoughts and mental events as self-generated …

The ability to remember events in vivid, multisensory detail is a significant part of human
experience, allowing us to relive previous encounters and providing us with the store of …

The sense of taste is a key component of the sensory machinery, enabling the evaluation of
both the safety as well as forming associations regarding the nutritional value of ingestible …

Aims Source monitoring (SM) is the metacognitive ability to determine the origin of one's
experiences. SM is altered in primary psychiatric psychosis, although relationships between …

This paper argues for a novel way of thinking about hallucinations as intensified forms of
mind-wandering. Starting from the observation that hallucinations are associated with …