Misattribution of external speech in patients with hallucinations and delusions.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: One of the main cognitive models of positive symptoms in schizophrenia proposes that they arise through impaired self-monitoring. This is supported by evidence of behavioural deficits on tasks designed to engage self-monitoring, but these deficits could also result from an externalising response bias. We examined whether patients with hallucinations and delusions would demonstrate an externalising bias on a task that did not involve cognitive self-monitoring. METHOD: Participants...

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Authors: Allen, P; Johns, L; Fu, C; Broome, MR; Vythelingum, G

• Journal: Schizophrenia research
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 277-287
• Publication date: 2004-08-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.09.008
• EISSN: 1573-2509
• ISSN: 0920-9964
• Language: English
• Keywords: Speech; Male; Hallucinations; Humans; Schizophrenic Psychology; Acoustic Stimulation; Delusions; Projection; Neuropsychological Tests; Analysis of Variance; Self Concept; Female; Schizophrenia; Adult; Imagination; Reaction Time; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Auditory Perception; Word Association Tests