Background Transcranial direct current stimulation has shown promising clinical results,
leading to increased demand for an evidence-based review on its clinical effects. Objective …

Hallucinations, perceptions in the absence of objectively identifiable stimuli, illustrate the
constructive nature of perception. Here, we highlight the role of prior beliefs as a critical …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) enables non-invasive access to the awake,
behaving human brain. By tracking whole-brain signals across a diverse range of cognitive …

The science of large-scale brain networks offers a powerful paradigm for investigating
cognitive and affective dysfunction in psychiatric and neurological disorders. This review …

Current researchers mostly agree that the self consists of both bodily and non-bodily
environmental information. The neural mechanism underlying the integration of this …

During the past decade, research on the biological basis of sensory processing sensitivity
(SPS)—a genetically based trait associated with greater sensitivity and responsivity to …

Objective: Some 25%–30% of patients with schizophrenia have auditory verbal
hallucinations that are refractory to antipsychotic drugs. Outcomes in studies of repetitive …

The insular cortex is one of the brain regions that show consistent abnormalities in both
structural and functional neuroimaging studies of schizophrenia. In healthy individuals, the …

While the majority of cognitive studies on auditory hallucinations (AHs) have been
conducted in schizophrenia (SZ), an increasing number of researchers are turning their …

Does “the motor system” play “a role” in speech perception? If so, where, how, and when?
We conducted a systematic review that addresses these questions using both qualitative …