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Early auditory impairments as a candidate marker of attenuated sensory symptoms of psychosis. (2024)
Journal Article
Dondé, C., Palmer-Cooper, E., Gauld, C., Polosan, M., & Alderson-Day, B. (2025). Early auditory impairments as a candidate marker of attenuated sensory symptoms of psychosis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 136, Article 111214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111214

Background and hypothesis
Deficits in early auditory processing (EAP), as indexed by tone-matching performance, have been consistently demonstrated in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. However, the ontogeny of tone-matching deficits... Read More about Early auditory impairments as a candidate marker of attenuated sensory symptoms of psychosis..

“Distress is probably the wrong word”: exploring uncertainty and ambivalence in non-clinical voice-hearing and the psychosis continuum (2024)
Journal Article
Swyer, A., Woods, A., Ellison, A., & Alderson-Day, B. (online). “Distress is probably the wrong word”: exploring uncertainty and ambivalence in non-clinical voice-hearing and the psychosis continuum. Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches, https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2024.2407138

Non-clinical voice-hearers (NCVHs) have been the subject of a growing body of psychological research, a primary aim of which is the development of new therapeutic techniques to support those who struggle with voice-hearing. However, relatively little... Read More about “Distress is probably the wrong word”: exploring uncertainty and ambivalence in non-clinical voice-hearing and the psychosis continuum.

Impacts of risk thresholds and age on clinical high risk for psychosis: a comparative network analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Gauld, C., Fourneret, P., Alderson-Day, B., Palmer-Cooper, E., & Dondé, C. (online). Impacts of risk thresholds and age on clinical high risk for psychosis: a comparative network analysis. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-024-01876-y

One of the main goals for supporting people with a psychotic disorder is early detection and intervention, and the detection of Clinical High Risk (CHR) is a major challenge in this respect. This study sought to compare core symptoms of CHR for psych... Read More about Impacts of risk thresholds and age on clinical high risk for psychosis: a comparative network analysis.

Addressing the elephant in the screening room: an item response theory analysis of the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-16) for at-risk symptoms of psychosis. (2024)
Journal Article
Gauld, C., Fourneret, P., Alderson-Day, B., Palmer-Cooper, E., & Dondé, C. (online). Addressing the elephant in the screening room: an item response theory analysis of the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-16) for at-risk symptoms of psychosis. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2024-3614

Within the context of patients at-risk of psychosis, where a variety of symptoms are present, identifying the most discriminative symptoms is essential for efficient detection and management. This cross-sectional online study analyzed individuals fro... Read More about Addressing the elephant in the screening room: an item response theory analysis of the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-16) for at-risk symptoms of psychosis..

Effects of a novel, brief psychological therapy (Managing Unusual Sensory Experiences) for hallucinations in first episode psychosis (MUSE FEP): findings from an exploratory randomised controlled trial. (2024)
Journal Article
Dudley, R., Dodgson, G., Common, S., Ogundimu, E., Liley, J., O’Grady, L., Watson, F., Gibbs, C., Arnott, B., Fernyhough, C., Alderson-Day, B., & Aynsworth, C. (2024). Effects of a novel, brief psychological therapy (Managing Unusual Sensory Experiences) for hallucinations in first episode psychosis (MUSE FEP): findings from an exploratory randomised controlled trial. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 174, 289-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.04.031

Hallucinations are a common feature of psychosis, yet access to effective psychological treatment is limited. The Managing Unusual Sensory Experiences for First-Episode-Psychosis (MUSE-FEP) trial aimed to establish the feasibility and acceptability o... Read More about Effects of a novel, brief psychological therapy (Managing Unusual Sensory Experiences) for hallucinations in first episode psychosis (MUSE FEP): findings from an exploratory randomised controlled trial..

The experience of felt presence in a general population sample. (2024)
Journal Article
Brederoo, S. G., Alderson-Day, B., de Boer, J. N., Linszen, M. M. J., & Sommer, I. E. C. (2024). The experience of felt presence in a general population sample. British Journal of Psychiatry, 224(4), 119-121. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.7

Felt presence is a widely occurring experience, but remains under-recognised in clinical and research practice. To contribute to a wider recognition of the phenomenon, we aimed to assess the presentation of felt presence in a large population sample... Read More about The experience of felt presence in a general population sample..

What can neurodiversity tell us about inner speech, and vice versa? A theoretical perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Alderson-Day, B., & Pearson, A. (2023). What can neurodiversity tell us about inner speech, and vice versa? A theoretical perspective. Cortex, 168, 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.08.008

Inner speech refers to the experience of talking to oneself in one's head. While notoriously challenging to investigate, it has also been central to a range of questions concerning mind, brain, and behaviour. Posited as a key component in executive f... Read More about What can neurodiversity tell us about inner speech, and vice versa? A theoretical perspective.

The felt-presence experience: from cognition to the clinic (2023)
Journal Article
Barnby, J. M., Park, S., Baxter, T., Rosen, C., Brugger, P., & Alderson-Day, B. (2023). The felt-presence experience: from cognition to the clinic. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(5), 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2823%2900034-2

The felt presence experience is the basic feeling that someone else is present in the immediate environment, without clear sensory evidence. Ranging from benevolent to distressing, personified to ambiguous, felt presence has been observed in neurolog... Read More about The felt-presence experience: from cognition to the clinic.

Learning to discern the voices of gods, spirits, tulpas and the dead (2023)
Journal Article
Alderson-Day, B., Corlett, P., Deeley, Q., Dupois, D., Lifshitz, M., Moseley, P., Peters, E., Powell, A., & Powers, A. (2023). Learning to discern the voices of gods, spirits, tulpas and the dead. Schizophrenia Bulletin: The Journal of Psychoses and Related Disorders, 49(Supplement_1), S3-S12. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac005

Prevalence and nature of multi-sensory and multi-modal hallucinations in people with first episode psychosis (2022)
Journal Article
Dudley, R., Watson, F., O'Grady, L., Aynsworth, C., Dodgson, G., Common, S., Day, B.-A., & Fernyhough, C. (2023). Prevalence and nature of multi-sensory and multi-modal hallucinations in people with first episode psychosis. Psychiatry Research, 319(2023), Article 114988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114988

Hallucinations can occur in single or multiple sensory modalities. This study explored how common these experiences were in people with first episode of psychosis (n = 82). Particular attention was paid to the number of modalities reported and whethe... Read More about Prevalence and nature of multi-sensory and multi-modal hallucinations in people with first episode psychosis.