Researchers have found that people with schizophrenia who experience auditory hallucinations tend to hear what they expect, an exaggerated version of a perceptual distortion that is common among other ...

Subtle differences in perception during late-teen years can predict the development of hallucinations, delusions, and, in some instances, psychosis later in life, according to new research.

In a recent study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers examined the impact of real-world alcoholism on judgments of facial attractivity and symmetry across a single set of face ...

High stress, including the very high stresses typical of many crime and tactical situations, can change our thinking and our interpretation of what is going on around us, as we have discussed in ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. An interesting concept that was developed in this context is that of thought–shape fusion 14 — a cognitive distortion in which an individual ...

Hairy elbows syndrome. Foot orgasm syndrome. Clown nose. Baboon syndrome. Occasionally doctors get less jargony and more creative (or at least more literal) with their naming of new medical disorders.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Schizophrenia is often diagnosed well into adulthood, typically from the late teens to early 40s. Are there early indicators that could help predict which individuals will go on to ...