Establishing the neural basis of auditory-verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia

听觉语言幻觉（AVH）-或在没有人说话时听到声音-是精神分裂症的特征和衰弱症状。AVH被假设为反映内部言语被误解为外部言语。我们的研究团队已经开发出一种内部语言的客观大脑标记。我们将使用这个标记来确定AVH是否是由精神分裂症患者异常的内部言语引起的。研究结果将为这种失能性疾病的治疗提供信息。

Auditory-verbal hallucinations (AVH) - or hearing voices when no one is talking - are characteristic and debilitating symptoms of schizophrenia. AVH have been hypothesized to reflect inner speech being misperceived as external speech. Our research team has developed an objective brain marker of inner speech. We will use this marker to determine whether AVH are caused by abnormal inner speech in people with schizophrenia. Findings will inform treatments for this incapacitating disorder.