Abstract
Electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) are two techniques that distinguish themselves from other neuroimaging methodologies through their ability to directly measure brain-related activity and their excellent temporal resolution. A large body of research has applied these techniques to investigate auditory hallucinations. Across a variety of approaches, the left superior temporal cortex is consistently reported to be involved in this symptom. Moreover, there is increasing evidence that a failure in corollary discharge, i.e., a neural signal originating in frontal speech areas that indicates to sensory areas that forthcoming thought is self-generated, may underlie the experience of auditory hallucinations.
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ERPs are measured with EEG. Its MEG counterparts are called event-related fields (ERFs).
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van Lutterveld, R., Ford, J.M. (2012). Neurophysiological Research: EEG and MEG. In: Blom, J., Sommer, I. (eds) Hallucinations. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0959-5_21
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