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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