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Correlates of hallucinatory experiences in the general population: an international multi-site replication study

Moseley, Peter; Aleman, André; Allen, Paul; Bell, Vaughan; Bless, Josef; Bortolon, Catherine; Cella, Matteo; Garrison, Jane; Hugdahl, Kenneth; Kozáková, Eva; Larøi, Frank; Moffatt, Jamie; Say, Nicolas; Smailes, David; Suzuki, Mimi; Toh, Wei Lin; Woodward, Todd; Zaytseva, Yuliya; Rossell, Susan; Fernyhough, Charles

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Authors

Peter Moseley

André Aleman

Paul Allen

Vaughan Bell

Josef Bless

Catherine Bortolon

Matteo Cella

Jane Garrison

Kenneth Hugdahl

Eva Kozáková

Frank Larøi

Jamie Moffatt

Nicolas Say

David Smailes

Mimi Suzuki

Wei Lin Toh

Todd Woodward

Yuliya Zaytseva

Susan Rossell



Abstract

Hallucinatory experiences can occur in both clinical and nonclinical groups. However, in previous studies of the general population, investigations of the cognitive mechanisms underlying hallucinatory experiences have yielded inconsistent results. We ran a large-scale preregistered multisite study, in which general-population participants (N = 1,394 across 11 data-collection sites and online) completed assessments of hallucinatory experiences, a measure of adverse childhood experiences, and four tasks: source memory, dichotic listening, backward digit span, and auditory signal detection. We found that hallucinatory experiences were associated with a higher false-alarm rate on the signal detection task and a greater number of reported adverse childhood experiences but not with any of the other cognitive measures employed. These findings are an important step in improving reproducibility in hallucinations research and suggest that the replicability of some findings regarding cognition in clinical samples needs to be investigated.

Citation

Moseley, P., Aleman, A., Allen, P., Bell, V., Bless, J., Bortolon, C., …Fernyhough, C. (2021). Correlates of hallucinatory experiences in the general population: an international multi-site replication study. Psychological Science, 32(7), 1024-1037

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 26, 2020
Online Publication Date Jun 4, 2021
Publication Date Jul 1, 2021
Deposit Date Oct 29, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Psychological Science
Print ISSN 0956-7976
Electronic ISSN 1467-9280
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 7
Pages 1024-1037

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