Eh, You Stay Hearing Ghost Voices or Wot? 🤔👻🔊
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Back in da day, some smart guys from Switzerland wen figure out how fo’ make peepo see tings dat no stay dea. No need LSD or any kine funky rooms, jus’ get one chair, one button, and one stick poking their back. So, after pressing da button plenty times, these peepo started fo’ feel like get someone behind them. Weird yeah? 🤨🪑🕴️
Recently, da same brainy bunch from Switzerland wen drop one new study in da “Psychological Medicine” journal, using dis ghost finger thing fo’ check one odda kine hallucination: hearing voices from da odda side. They wen see dat if get choke time between pressing da button and da poke, peepo mo’ likely fo’ say they wen hear some voice, even if no had one voice. 🎤👂📖
Turns out, da kine stuff happening inside our brains dat makes us hear tings dat no stay dea, could be cuz how da brain takes in mixed-up signals. Bro, you won’t believe, but hearing voices? Nah, not dat rare. Da guy, Pavo Orepic from University of Geneva wen say plenty peepo, even no get any kine mental problem, sometimes hear voices. Like when you super tired afta one long day, or you just mo’ prone fo’ hallucinate. 😴🗣️
So, in dis new study, da peepo had fo’ press da button, then feel da poke on their back. Sometimes was right away, sometimes took little while, long enough fo’ feel like get someone watching you. And during all dis, they wen listen to some soft noise. But sometimes, da noise had pieces of their own voice or some odda person’s voice or even no voice at all. And afta every time, gotta tell if they wen hear someone talking. 🎧🔘
Da interesting part? If peepo wen feel like get some ghost around, they mo’ likely fo’ think they wen hear voice, even if no had. And, if they wen hear some kine noise with odda peepo’s voices before, den they mo’ likely fo’ tink they hearing stuff. Look like da brain connecting da ghostly feeling and da voice. 🧠👥
Da curious thing is, even if had no time difference between pressing da button and da poke, some peepo still wen hear voices dat no stay dea. And, if they just wen hear their own voice from da noise, den they probably tink they making da voice happen. So, all dis stuff going on suggests dat maybe hallucinations come up when peepo get hard time recognizing what they doing, and expecting some kine specific thing fo’ happen, Dr. Orepic wen say. As more time goes, peepo more likely fo’ think they hearing stuff because da brain taking all da past stuffs and making it seem like get someone talking. 🎙️🕰️
But fo’ really understand how da brain make peepo tink they hearing stuff, Dr. Orepic tink maybe gotta check with peepo who always hear voices, like mediums who say they talk story with da spirits. He even wen mention about some study going on at Yale with these mediums. Some of dem okay with hearing da voices, but fo’ others, maybe these mediums can help fo’ make things little mo’ chill. 🌀🤙🌺
NOW IN ENGLISH
🤔👻🔊 Ever Heard a Ghostly Voice? Here’s a Possible Reason Why
Some time ago in Switzerland, researchers developed an experiment to induce hallucinations without using drugs like LSD. Participants were asked to sit on a chair and press a button, which led to a rod gently poking their back. Over repeated presses, they started to feel like someone was standing behind them. Intriguing, right? 🤨🪑🕴️
Recently, these same Swiss experts published a new study in the “Psychological Medicine” journal. Using the same button-rod setup, they explored auditory hallucinations: hearing voices. They found that participants were more likely to report hearing a voice if there was a delay between the button press and the poke. 🎤👂📖
What’s fascinating is that the brain’s way of processing mixed signals from our surroundings might be the root of these hallucinations. Dr. Pavo Orepic, from the University of Geneva, pointed out that hearing voices isn’t as uncommon as we might think. A lot of people, even without any diagnosed mental conditions, have reported hearing disembodied voices at some point in their lives, especially when exhausted. 😴🗣️
In this study, participants would press a button and then feel a poke on their back, either instantly or after a slight delay. Meanwhile, they’d listen to a soft noise. Sometimes this noise had snippets of their own voice, other times another person’s voice, and sometimes no voice at all. After each session, they’d report if they heard someone speaking. 🎧🔘
Interestingly, those who felt the presence of someone due to the delay were more likely to say they heard a voice even if there was none. Moreover, if they’d previously heard someone else’s voice in the noise, they were more inclined to think they were hearing voices. It seems the brain was connecting this ghostly presence with the voice. 🧠👥
Moreover, even when there was no delay between the button press and the poke, some participants claimed to hear voices, especially if they had recently heard their own voice in the background noise. This supports the idea that hallucinations might arise when people struggle to recognize their own actions and anticipate certain outcomes. As the study went on, participants increasingly reported hearing voices, suggesting the brain uses past experiences to craft the perception of speech. 🎙️🕰️
Dr. Orepic believes that to better understand how the brain creates the illusion of voices, researchers might need to work with individuals who frequently hear voices, like mediums who claim to communicate with spirits. He referenced an ongoing study at Yale involving such mediums. For some of these individuals, hearing voices is welcomed. But their insights might help those distressed by these auditory experiences find some peace. 🌀🤙🌺
