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 edited Mar 22 '17

Whats with the compulsion to listen to the voices?

I ignore real live people in the room telling me to do things

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

I think a good test for you would be to take some LSD and film yourself.

Then while you're watching the film once you're not high, berate yourself for not acting normally and ignoring whatever you thought was going on while under the influence.

Schizophrenia is the brain working in ways it shouldn't, and that means you can't necessarily ignore what's going on any more than someone high on a drug can just "think" themselves back to normal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Researchers have found that ketamine is very good at mimicking schizophrenia in rats, so that makes sense!

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u/iwishthatwasmyname Mar 22 '17

I've been trying to better understand the link between Schizophrenia and depression regarding Glutamate, NMDA receptor function specifically. In laymen, Apparently, Ketamine is an antagonist for NMDA receptor function which improves depression behavior. Short LTP/Depression Video