Hearing voices isn't exactly a kitchen table conversation. Yet, research shows that more than 1 in 10 people will experience hearing voices at some point (Beavan et al., 2011). I am one of those ...

It is the rare person who likes hearing their own voice on a recording. It sounds fake, as if it belongs to someone else. For neuroscientists, that quality of otherness is more than a curiosity. Many ...

An experiment with bone-conduction headphones suggests a way for neuroscientists to better understand some hallucinations. By Veronique Greenwood It is the rare person who likes hearing their own ...

With a ghostly finger in a lab, researchers coaxed people to hear phantom voices. By Veronique Greenwood Some years ago, scientists in Switzerland found a way to make people hallucinate. They didn’t ...

Many people live with a secret that feels almost impossible to describe. They hear speech or whispers that nobody else detects. These are not vague impressions. They can feel as solid as a friend ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 1 in 10 seven- to eight-year-olds hears voices that aren't really there, according to a new study. But most children who hear voices don't find them troubling or ...

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