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The positive dimension of schizotypy is associated with a reduced attenuation and precision of self-generated touch
2022-01-23
Abstract excerpt
The brain predicts the sensory consequences of our movements and uses these predictions to attenuate the perception of self-generated sensations. Accordingly, self-generated touch feels weaker than externally generated touch of identical intensity. In schizophrenia, this somatosensory attenuation is substantially reduced, suggesting that patients with positive symptoms fail to accurately predict and process self-g...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a5fb7378-1ea9-5df0-ab91-72fbd232dd1c
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.01.22.476743
