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 resultsParticipantsTaskA novel computational approach to pain perception modelling within a Bayesian framework using quantitative sensory testing
Drusko A, Baumeister D, McPhee Christensen M, Kold S, Fisher V, Treede R, Powers A, Graven-Nielsen T, Tesarz J. A novel computational approach to pain perception modelling within a Bayesian framework using quantitative sensory testing. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 3196. PMID: 36823292, PMCID: PMC9950064, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29758-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHierarchical Gaussian FilterPrior expectationsRelevant individual differencesPain perceptionLearning-based interventionsTesting paradigmCognitive processesSensory evidenceIndividual differencesPsychophysical paradigmInferential processesVisual cuesElectrical cutaneous stimulusPrior weightingPerceptionPain stimuliPrior beliefsIndividual levelNociceptive inputBeliefsGreater relianceStimuliStrong weightingAcute pain stimuliParadigm