39. Heightened Phonological Priming During Ambiguity: Modeling Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

Background: The mechanism of auditory hallucinations has been avidly pursued for decades although its formation remains largely cryptic. Another domain of clinical symptoms in schizophrenia is reduced working memory, for which the “phonological loop” is the elementary component. The phonological loop is a subvocal rehearsal of verbal information to support working memory for holding information while other information is manipulated. We...