This article originally appeared on Undark. Yale psychiatrist Albert Powers didn’t know what to expect as he strolled among the tarot card readers, astrologers, and crystal vendors at the psychic fair ...

For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry. Now, researchers have found brainwave evidence showing exactly how ...

Many people live with a secret that feels almost impossible to describe. They hear speech or whispers that nobody else detects. These are not vague impressions. They can feel as solid as a friend ...

New research suggests that auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia may come from a brain glitch that confuses inner thoughts for external voices. Normally, the brain predicts the sound of its own ...

* Hearing voices gets a bad rep and is often associated with fear, anxiety, and stress, but nearly a third of respondents said they also associated the voices with positive emotions. * Understanding ...

I was sending a voice note to a friend last week—one of those long, rambling ones where you’re trying to explain something complicated and it’s just easier to talk it out than type it. I hit send.