Hearing Voices in Different Cultures: A Social Kindling Hypothesis

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 646-663

  Luhrmann, Tanya M ^a   Padmavati, R ^b   Tharoor, Hema ^b   Osei, Akwasi ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c Accra Military Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias; Hallucinations; Kindling; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Voices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY; CALIFORNIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; KINDLING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTHROPOLOGY; CALIFORNIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84944678475     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12158     Document Type: Article

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