Psychopathology

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Neurocognitive Models of Schizophrenia: A Neurophenomenological Critique

Gallagher S.

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Department of Philosophy, Cognitive Sciences Program, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla., USA

Keywords: SchizophreniaFrith’s modelDelusions of controlThought insertionAgencyOwnershipTop-down explanationsBottom-up explanationsNeurophenomenology

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Psychopathology 2004;37:8–19
https://doi.org/10.1159/000077014

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Article / Publication Details

First-Page Preview
Abstract of Original Paper

Received: December 19, 2002
Accepted: December 04, 2003
Published online: March 18, 2004
Issue release date: January – February

Number of Print Pages: 12
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 0

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

Abstract

This paper argues that Frith’s (1992) account of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia in terms of a disruption of metarepresentational self-monitoring is inadequate in several specific ways. More generally, this paper argues against top-down explanations for the loss of the sense of agency in such symptoms. In addition, even if delusions of control might be explained by problems involved in motor control mechanisms involving efference copy and comparators, there are good reasons why the same model cannot explain thought insertion. In place of such neurocognitive explanations, the author develops a neurophenomenological explanation for the loss of the sense of agency and the misattribution of actions and thoughts to others in such symptoms.

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Article / Publication Details

First-Page Preview
Abstract of Original Paper

Received: December 19, 2002
Accepted: December 04, 2003
Published online: March 18, 2004
Issue release date: January – February

Number of Print Pages: 12
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 0

ISSN: 0254-4962 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-033X (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PSP

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