Semantic expectations can induce false perceptions in hallucination-prone individuals

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-156

  Vercammen, Ans ^a   Aleman, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Auditory verbal hallucinations; Cognitive processes; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 73949140293     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn063     Document Type: Article

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