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'''Autonomous voice communication''' can be described as the experience of being able to hear and converse with a disembodied and audible voice of unknown origin which seemingly resides within one's own head. This voice is often capable of high levels of complex and detailed speech which are typically on par with the intelligence and vocabulary of ones own conversational abilities. | '''Autonomous voice communication''' can be described as the experience of being able to hear and converse with a disembodied and audible voice of unknown origin which seemingly resides within one's own head.<ref>Experiences of hearing voices: analysis of a novel phenomenological survey (Science Direct) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036615000061</ref><ref>Hearing voices | https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/h/hearing-voices</ref><ref>Basic Information About Voices & Visions | https://www.hearing-voices.org/voices-visions/</ref><ref>Coping with hearing voices (British Journal of Psychiatry) | https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.161.1.99</ref><ref>Emerging Perspectives From the Hearing Voices Movement: Implications for Research and Practice (Oxford Academic) | https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/article/40/Suppl_4/S285/1873862</ref><ref>How the Brain Can Hear Voices That Don't Exist (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-guest-room/201507/how-the-brain-can-hear-voices-dont-exist</ref> This voice is often capable of high levels of complex and detailed speech which are typically on par with the intelligence and vocabulary of ones own conversational abilities. | ||
As a whole, the effect itself can be broken down into 5 distinct levels of progressive intensity, each of which are described below: | As a whole, the effect itself can be broken down into 5 distinct levels of progressive intensity, each of which are described below: | ||
#'''A sensed presence of the other''' - This level can be defined as the distinctive feeling that another form of consciousness is internally present alongside that of one's usual sense of self. This sensation is often referred to within the scientific literature as a "sense of presence".<ref>The sensed presence effect (scientific american) | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sensed-presence-effect/ | #'''A sensed presence of the other''' - This level can be defined as the distinctive feeling that another form of consciousness is internally present alongside that of one's usual sense of self. This sensation is often referred to within the scientific literature as a "sense of presence".<ref>The sensed presence effect (scientific american) | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sensed-presence-effect/</ref><ref>Feeling of presence in Parkinson's disease (ncbi.gov) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382202/</ref><ref>Experiences of continued presence: On the practical consequences of ‘hallucinations’ in bereavement. | http://www.leudar.com/pdfs/voices/Hayes&Leudar2013.pdf</ref> | ||
#'''Mutually generated internal responses''' - This level can be defined as internally felt conversational responses to one's own thoughts and feelings which feel as if they are partially generated by one's own thought stream and in equal measure by that of a separate thought stream. | #'''Mutually generated internal responses''' - This level can be defined as internally felt conversational responses to one's own thoughts and feelings which feel as if they are partially generated by one's own thought stream and in equal measure by that of a separate thought stream. | ||
#'''Separately generated internal responses''' - This level can be defined as internally felt conversational responses to one's own thoughts and feelings which feel as if they are generated by an entirely distinct and separate thought stream that resides within one's head. | #'''Separately generated internal responses''' - This level can be defined as internally felt conversational responses to one's own thoughts and feelings which feel as if they are generated by an entirely distinct and separate thought stream that resides within one's head. |