Commentary: Musical hallucinations: review of treatment effects

Frontiers in Psychology

Mark D. Griffiths¹ 

关键词: musical hallucinations;    video games;    involuntary musical imagery;    Game Transfer Phenomena;    involuntary auditory imagery;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01885

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

According to Coebergh et al. (2015), musical hallucinations (MHs) “are auditory hallucinations characterized by songs, tunes, melodies, harmonics, rhythms, and/or timbres…and that the mechanisms responsible for the mediation of MH are probably diverse” (p. 2). While some scholars have reported that the prevalence rate of MHs among the general population is at present unknown and/or rare (Vitorovic and Biller, 2013), “involuntary musical imagery” [INMI; i.e., a tune that comes into the mind and repeats without unconscious control (Williamson et al., 2012)] is thought to be more commonplace. For instance, 89% in a Finish sample (n = 12,519) reported experiencing it at least once a week (Liikkanen, 2012). Music hallucination prevalence rates among various groups have been reported including obsessive-compulsive disorder patients (41%; Hermesh, 2004), elderly people with auditory problems (2.5%; Cole et al., 2002), and general hospital setting patients (0.16%; Fukunishi et al., 1998). Possible etiological factors include otological factors (e.g., hearing loss), intoxication, brain injury, epilepsy, and psychiatric disorders (Cope and Baguley, 2009; Coebergh et al., 2015).

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