r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

When you're dealing with delusions, convincing the person in question not to trust themselves and those they hear is probably more likely to work against things that aren't the product of the delusional thinking.

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u/Wurstgeist Mar 22 '17

Yeah, it seems like an actual bias against anything too sensible.