Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that auditory hallucination is closely related to thought insertion. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the external misattribution of thought and auditory hallucination-like experiences. We used the AHES-17, which measures auditory hallucination-like experiences in normal, healthy people, and the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm, in which false alarms of critical lure are regarded as spontaneous external misattribution of thought. We found that critical lures elicited increased the number of false alarms as AHES-17 scores increased and that scores of AHES-17 predicted the rate of false memory of critical lures. Furthermore, we revealed that the relationship between AHES-17 scores and the rates of false alarms to critical lures was strictly linear. Therefore, it might be said that individual differences in auditory hallucination-like experiences are highly related to the external misattribution of thought. We discussed these results from the perspective of the sense of agency over thought.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 688-695 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Consciousness and Cognition |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 Sept 1 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Auditory hallucination-like experience
- DRM paradigm
- Memory
- Schizophrenia
- Schizotypal personality
- Sense of agency
- Sense of passivity
- Thought insertion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology