2023
Evidence for Reduced Sensory Precision and Increased Reliance on Priors in Hallucination-Prone Individuals in a General Population Sample
Benrimoh D, Fisher V, Seabury R, Sibarium E, Mourgues C, Chen D, Powers A. Evidence for Reduced Sensory Precision and Increased Reliance on Priors in Hallucination-Prone Individuals in a General Population Sample. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2023, 50: 349-362. PMID: 37830405, PMCID: PMC10919780, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbad136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSensory evidenceSensory precisionHallucinatory experiencesHallucination severityCH rateHallucination-prone individualsIncoming sensory evidencePrior weightingLinguistic versionsGaussian filter modelNonlinguistic stimuliPerceptual inferencePerceptual statesPerceptual beliefsResponse confidenceAuditory informationTask behaviorGeneral population sampleOnline sampleAuditory hallucinationsGeneral population participantsStimuliPast resultsParticipantsTaskThe reliability and validity of the revised Green et al. paranoid thoughts scale in individuals at clinical high‐risk for psychosis
Williams T, Walker E, Strauss G, Woods S, Powers A, Corlett P, Schiffman J, Waltz J, Gold J, Silverstein S, Ellman L, Zinbarg R, Mittal V. The reliability and validity of the revised Green et al. paranoid thoughts scale in individuals at clinical high‐risk for psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2023, 147: 623-633. PMID: 36905387, PMCID: PMC10463775, DOI: 10.1111/acps.13545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCHR individualsClinical controlFull psychosisHealthy controlsGeneral populationPsychosis symptomsCHR participantsPoor social functioningGreen Paranoid Thoughts ScalePsychosisGroup differencesSocial functioningConfirmatory factor analysisParanoid Thoughts ScaleInterview measuresSeverity continuumTwo-factor structureCritical populationSelf-report measuresPresent studyDiscriminant validityPsychometric indicesParanoid thoughtsIndividualsParticipants
2021
Increased face detection responses on the mooney faces test in people at clinical high risk for psychosis
Silverstein SM, Thompson JL, Gold JM, Schiffman J, Waltz JA, Williams TF, Zinbarg RE, Mittal VA, Ellman LM, Strauss GP, Walker EF, Woods SW, Levin JA, Kafadar E, Kenney J, Smith D, Powers AR, Corlett PR. Increased face detection responses on the mooney faces test in people at clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia 2021, 7: 26. PMID: 34001909, PMCID: PMC8129098, DOI: 10.1038/s41537-021-00156-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical high riskFace perceptionCHR groupDegraded face imagesCognitive processesPerceptual sensitivityRisk mental stateMotivational mechanismsVisual perceptionFace testPerceptual abnormalitiesMental statesCHR participantsCHR subjectsMore facePerceptionDetection responseFace imagesYoung peoplePsychosisClinical measuresParticipantsPrior workFacePrior studies
2020
Paracingulate Sulcus Length Is Shorter in Voice-Hearers Regardless of Need for Care
Powers AR, van Dyck LI, Garrison JR, Corlett PR. Paracingulate Sulcus Length Is Shorter in Voice-Hearers Regardless of Need for Care. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2020, 46: 1520-1523. PMID: 32432706, PMCID: PMC7707078, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory verbal hallucinationsPsychotic disordersParacingulate sulcusT1-weighted structural MRI scansMedial prefrontal cortexStructural MRI scansClinical stateClinical careMRI scansAVH phenomenologyMental illnessClinical counterpartPrefrontal cortexClinical populationsDisordersVerbal hallucinationsHallucinationsIllnessPsychosisSulcus lengthCareGroups of participantsCurrent studyParticipantsNonclinical populations
2015
Ketamine-Induced Hallucinations
Powers A, Gancsos MG, Finn ES, Morgan PT, Corlett PR. Ketamine-Induced Hallucinations. Psychopathology 2015, 48: 376-385. PMID: 26361209, PMCID: PMC4684980, DOI: 10.1159/000438675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory verbal hallucinationsPerceptual inputVerbal hallucinationsPredictive coding modelDelusion-like ideasPerceptual disruptionsPerceptual expectationsPerceptual environmentCoding modelPhenomenological experienceSensory stimuliStimulation environmentAuditory hallucinationsHealthy participantsHallmark symptomFirst-episode psychosisMusical hallucinationsMRI scannerHallucinationsParticipantsMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scannerPsychosisAmotivationPerceptVivid hallucinations