February 2007: Auditory verbal hallucinations: are they adequately described by current cognitive models? (Dr Paul Allen)

Dr Paul Allen challenges current thinking on the aetiology of auditory verbal hallucinations, describing how current cognitive and physiological models may be insufficient to account for these internal experiences.

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Learning outcomes

 

By successfully completing this module, we hope that you will gain:

 

  • an understanding of the basic phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations

 

  • an awareness of the various cognitive theories of hallucinations and the empirical support for these models

 

  • a basic understanding of the neural substrate of speech and language processing and how this relates to the experience of auditory verbal hallucination

 

  • an awareness of the limitations in current theories of auditory verbal hallucination.

 

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