Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature in schizophrenia. Up to 80 percent of people with the disease experience auditory hallucinations—hearing voices or other sounds when there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. person with hand next to ear New evidence confirms a long-held theory that people with schizophrenia hear 'voices' in their heads ...

Voice experiments in people with epilepsy have helped trace the circuit of electrical signals in the brain that allow its hearing center to sort out background sounds from their own voices. Voice ...

For the first time, scientists have precisely identified and targeted an area of the brain which is involved in "hearing voices", experienced by many patients with schizophrenia. They have been able ...

People suffering from schizophrenia sometimes hear voices. We often assume those voices are malevolent, saying frightening things or even telling people to do bad things. But that’s not necessarily ...

Trial Co-ordinator and Research Therapist, Swinburne University of Technology Dr Imogen Bell has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council for research mentioned in this ...

Many children and adolescents may hear voices that aren’t really there, but most don’t suffer any long-term effects of the imaginary chatter, according to a new study published in the British Journal ...