Links between auditory verbal hallucinations and auditory emotional perception: A systematic review

IF 7.9 1区医学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106351

Maria Amorim , Margarida Marques , Sonja A. Kotz , Ana P. Pinheiro

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Abstract

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) represent the experience of hearing voices in the absence of a corresponding external stimulus. Previous studies have posited a link between AVH and changes in emotion perception. We conducted a systematic review to examine whether such alterations relate consistently to AVH, and to what extent they depend on the participants’ clinical status and stimulus characteristics (i.e., sensory modality, complexity, and emotional valence).

Method

We searched the Web of Science and Pubmed databases for articles examining the relationship between emotion perception and AVH.

Results

The final sample included 18 articles and a total of 21 experimental tasks. Lower emotion recognition accuracy and alterations in neural indices of emotion decoding from negative vocal stimuli were associated with AVH.

Conclusion

Altered emotion perception in voice hearers is modulated by emotional valence and complexity: atypical performance was observed more systematically for speech and negative stimulus valence. Despite methodological differences between studies, altered perception of negative vocal emotions in AVH was observed in most studies. We present recommendations for future studies.

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听觉语言幻觉与听觉情感知觉之间的联系：系统回顾。

言语幻听（AVH）是在没有相应外部刺激的情况下听到声音的体验。先前的研究已经假设了AVH和情绪感知变化之间的联系。我们进行了一项系统回顾，以检查这些改变是否与AVH一致，以及它们在多大程度上依赖于参与者的临床状态和刺激特征（即感觉形态、复杂性和情绪效价）。方法：检索Web of Science和Pubmed数据库中有关情绪知觉与AVH关系的文章。结果：最终样本包括18篇文章，共21个实验任务。情绪识别正确率降低和负面声音刺激下情绪解码神经指标的改变与AVH相关。结论：语音听者情绪知觉的改变受情绪效价和情绪复杂性的调节，言语和负刺激效价的非典型表现更为系统。尽管研究方法不同，但大多数研究都观察到AVH对负面声音情绪的感知改变。我们提出了未来研究的建议。

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来源期刊

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

14.20

自引率

3.70%

发文量

466

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： The official journal of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society publishes original and significant review articles that explore the intersection between neuroscience and the study of psychological processes and behavior. The journal also welcomes articles that primarily focus on psychological processes and behavior, as long as they have relevance to one or more areas of neuroscience.