Objectives Noisy thoughts or perceptions are characteristics of psychosis (PSY) and, they
are deeply related to source monitoring (SM)—the ability to discriminate the origin of …

Prepulse inhibition of the startle response is defined as the inhibition of the startle reflex to
an intense contextual stimulus (named pulse) when a weaker stimulus (named prepulse) …

Perceptual distortions are core features of psychosis. Weakened contrast surround
suppression has been proposed as a neural mechanism underlying atypical perceptual …

Purpose: Sensory gating is the cortical phenomenon that involves selective inhibition of
responses to task-irrelevant stimuli. Perceiving speech in noise, a situation commonly …

Patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) exhibit an aberrant perception and
comprehension of abstract speech-gesture combinations associated with dysfunctional …

Bi-stable stimuli evoke two distinct perceptual interpretations that alternate and compete for
dominance. Bi-stable perception is thought to be driven at least in part by mutual …

Abstract The Sensory Gating Inventory (SGI) is an established self-report questionnaire that
is used to assess the capacity for filtering redundant or irrelevant environmental stimuli …

The present dissertation examines atypical use of visuospatial context in psychotic
psychopathology. There is a large literature suggesting individuals with schizophrenia, and …

Body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) is a form of psychopathology that involves
recurrent and repetitive pulling, picking, or biting of one or more areas of one's body …

Perceptual distortions are core features of psychosis. Weakened surround suppression has
been proposed as a neural mechanism of such atypical perceptual experiences. While …