Accounting for the phenomenology and varieties of auditory verbal hallucination within a predictive processing framework
Consciousness and Cognition October 3, 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.09.002 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Argues that a predictive processing framework can account for both the auditory phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations and their variety across three subtypes. |
Abstract
Two challenges that face popular self-monitoring theories (SMTs) of auditory verbal hallucination (AVH) are that they cannot account for the auditory phenomenology of AVHs and that they cannot account for their variety. In this paper I show that both challenges can be met by adopting a predictive processing framework (PPF), and by viewing AVHs as arising from abnormalities in predictive processing. I show how, within the PPF, both the auditory phenomenology of AVHs, and three subtypes of AVH, can be accounted for.