Corollary Discharge, Hallucinations, and Dreaming
Schizophrenia Bulletin October 7, 2010 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq115 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Citations | 47 |
| Key points | Argues that hallucinations are produced by self-generated neural activity and are pathological not because they are self-generated, but because this internal activity is perceived as coming from the environment. Consciousness is characterized as a stream of internally generated thoughts and images that interact with environmentally stimulated mental events. |
Abstract
In 1978,1 a new neuroscience-based model of hallucinations was proposed in this journal. The premise of this model was that hallucinatory experiences are necessarily produced by self-generated neural activity. Their pathology does not lie in the fact that they are self-generated. Much, if not most, of our mental experience results from endogenous or “spontaneous” neural activity. Hallucinations are pathological because this self-generated neural activity is perceived as coming from the environment. Consciousness is made up of a stream of internally generated thoughts and images that interact with (or accompany) mental events stimulated by the environment.
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| Varieties of Lucid Dreaming Experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Experimental Research on Dreaming: State of the Art and Neuropsychoanalytic Perspectives | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Neurobiology of Consciousness: Lucid Dreaming Wakes Up | 2009 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
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