Amy C Abramowitz

The Sensory and Perceptual Scaffolding of Absorption, Inner Speech, and Self in Psychosis.

Frontiers in Psychiatry May 10, 2021 Cherise Rosen, Michele Tufano, Clara Humpston et al.

This study examines the interconnectedness between absorption, inner speech, self, and psychopathology. Absorption involves an intense focus and immersion in mental imagery, sensory/perceptual stimuli, or vivid imagination that involves decreased self-awareness and alterations in consciousness. In psychosis, the dissolution and permeability in the demarcation between self and one's sensory...