Humdinger of a preprint "When adjusting for lifetime ever-use of other substances, cannabis ever-use was no longer associated with PLEs, while methamphetamine use, cigarette use, and opioid use were associated with PLEs"
medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2025/12/02/2025.12.01.25341322.full.pdf
New paper from @georgiapunton.bsky.social's PhD. Sleep deprivation may increase risk of hallucinations through effects on intentional inhibition (ICIM performance) rather than performance of signal detection task performance.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Big study (n = 1,000+) examining the similarities/differneces between intrusive mental imagery and hallucinations in non-clinical participants: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From a team including Catherine Bortolon, one of the co-leads of ECHR (but who I don't think is on bluesky).
Great qual paper on the Challenge RCT, which trialled VR-assisted relational therapy for distressing voices. Some interesting content about negative 'side effects' (i.e., very high levels of distress caused when continuing to attend despite what the voice wants): games.jmir.org/2025/1/e77920/
Paper on post-natal psychotic-like experiences in a reasonably large smaple (N = 346).
Almost certainly some useful data in here, but the data isn't open, so can't really tell.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Does anyone use the Spanish version of the RBANS ("Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status")? If you are able to send us an original form, we would be happy to compensate you for it.
So excited to see this lovely paper with @benjyb.bsky.social, @matanmazor.bsky.social and @giuliacabbai.bsky.social published in @nconsc.bsky.social!
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
How many versions of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) exist? And how much does this affect research using the IGT? More than you might think. 🧵
Early Career Hallucinations Research Group
Early Career Hallucinations Research Group
¿Alguien utiliza la versión en español del RBANS (“Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status”)? Si puede enviarnos un formulario original, con gusto le ofreceremos una compensación por ello.
Early Career Hallucinations Research Group
Early Career Hallucinations Research Group
Save the Date: The next ICHR Satellite Meeting will be in Munich, Sep 21-24 2026!
Hosted by @franziskaknolle.bsky.social & co-organised with @echrhallucinations.bsky.social, this will be our 5th satellite meeting and first trip to Germany.
hallucinationconsortium.org
Early Career Hallucinations Research Group
Annika Külpmann
Vaughan Bell
Vaughan Bell
Nadine Dijkstra
The International Consortium on Hallucinations Research
www.medrxiv.org
Background: Immersive virtual reality-assisted therapy (VRT) is a relational therapy for distressing voices in psychosis. Like AVATAR therapy (AT), VRT centres on therapist-facilitated dialogues with ...
During the perinatal period, many parents experience mental health difficulties of varying severity, which have been associated with adverse outcomes. Examples include perinatal obsessive-compulsive d...
link.springer.com
Abstract. Visual imagery and external perception rely on similar representations. However, whether the same processes underpin the subjective appraisal of
