Hallucinations

Question 1

What are the 2 hypotheses for the cause of hallucinations?

Answer 1

1) input hypothesis

2) output hypothesis

Question 2

What is the input hypothesis?

Answer 2

Hallucinatory voice is a misconception of a real auditory stimulus

Question 3

What is the output hypothesis?

Answer 3

Hallucinatory voice is internally generated and misattributed to an external source

Question 4

What did Frith (1992) conclude about which hypothesis cause hallucinations?

Answer 4

Evidence for output was stronger than input

Question 5

What did Frith propose 1992 about where hallucinations arise?

Answer 5

Arise from a failure to self-monitor one’s thoughts