Laura Borealis
http://news.yale.edu/2016/09/27/psychics-help-psychiatrists-understand-voices-psychosis
I found this really interesting. It's a brief article about research being done at Yale on psychosis and the phenomenon of hearing voices. They're using clairaudient psychics, who also hear voices but are not mentally ill, as subjects to see what the differences are from psychotic people who hear voices.
It seems a major difference is the subject's personal agency and attitude toward the voices.
I wouldn't mind reading the actual research, it sounds fascinating. Of course it raises all kinds of questions for me... many of which I'm sure they don't address.
Curious to hear others' thoughts on the matter!
I found this really interesting. It's a brief article about research being done at Yale on psychosis and the phenomenon of hearing voices. They're using clairaudient psychics, who also hear voices but are not mentally ill, as subjects to see what the differences are from psychotic people who hear voices.
As many as one in 25 people hear voices at any given time and up to 40% may report hearing a voice at some time in their lives. Most do not meet criteria for mental illness. But finding healthy people to study who hear voices has been difficult.
“Studying psychics through the lens of voice-hearing may give us important insights into why they are able to function so well without the need for psychiatric care,” Powers said.
It seems a major difference is the subject's personal agency and attitude toward the voices.
“These individuals have a much higher degree of control over the voices. They also have a greater willingness to engage with and view the voices as positive or neutral to their lives,’’ Corlett said. “We predict this population will teach us a lot about the neurobiology, cognitive psychology and eventually treatment of distressing voices.”
I wouldn't mind reading the actual research, it sounds fascinating. Of course it raises all kinds of questions for me... many of which I'm sure they don't address.
Curious to hear others' thoughts on the matter!