Comparing the characteristics of hallucinations and mental imagery: a large cross-sectional study in the general population.
Consciousness and Cognition 2026 Guillaume Pepin, Hélène Lœvenbruck, Alan Chauvin et al.
Hallucinations (HAs), the perceptual experiences that occur without external stimuli, are classically associated with psychiatric disorders, but also occur in the general population. Involuntary mental imagery (IMI), the spontaneous occurrence of visual or auditory mental content, shares several features with HAs. The continuum hypothesis suggests that these phenomena exist on a spectrum...