J A Gray

Consciousness, schizophrenia and scientific theory.

Ciba Foundation symposium 1993 J A Gray

The positive symptoms of acute schizophrenia are, of their very nature, aberrations of conscious experience. A recent theory of the mechanisms underlying their occurrence spans four levels: neuroanatomical, neurochemical, cognitive and the symptoms themselves. The theory is capable of being tested in animals and human subjects, and it has passed a number of experimental tests at both levels...