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Scientists develop robot technique to study why people hear voices

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a technique that uses a robot to trigger auditory hallucinations in healthy people.

Scientists Say This Weird Robot Can Make You Hear Voices That Don't Exist

To study how auditory and verbal hallucinations work, Swiss scientists developed a robotically-assisted technique to make people who have no history of mental illness hallucinate voices that are not there. In an interview with PsyPost, study co-author and University of Geneva postdoctoral researcher Pavo Orepic explained that the experimental method, which included a poking robot […]

The ghostly finger: If you've ever heard a voice that wasn't there, this could be why – The Irish Times

Experiments shed light on auditory hallucinations, which are more common than you might think

Inducing auditory hallucinations in a lab environment without using drugs

If You've Ever Heard a Voice That Wasn't There, This Could Be Why

Some years ago, scientists in Switzerland found a way to make people hallucinate. They didn’t use LSD or sensory deprivation chambers. Instead, they sat people in a chair and asked them to push a button that, a fraction of a second later, caused a rod to gently press their back. After a few rounds, the volunteers got the creeping sense of someone behind them. Faced with a disconnect between their actions and their sensations, their minds conjured another explanation: a separate presence in the r