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Cognitive Vulnerability to Auditory Hallucination Impaired Perception of Meaning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alfred B. Heilbrun Jr  and
Nancy A. Blum
Alfred B. Heilbrun Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Nancy A. Blum
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Emory University
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Summary

Forty-four psychiatric patients were separated into four groups on the basis of presence/absence of hallucinations and reactive/process status. Reactive hallucinators were found to be singularly impaired in two aspects of cognitive processing: (1) tolerance of ambiguity; and (2) availability of alternative meanings. The perceptual errors produced by premature judgment and limited consideration of alternative meanings for misperceptions are discussed as factors predisposing to auditory hallucination.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 5 , May 1984 , pp. 508 - 512
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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