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Nearly 1 in 10 seven- to eight-year-olds hears voices that aren't really there, according to a new study.
To further investigate how common these "auditory vocal hallucinations" are and whether they are associated with developmental and behavioral factors, the researchers looked at 3,870 Groningen primary schoolers. All were asked whether they had heard "one or more voices that only you and no one else could hear" in the past year.
Nine percent of the children answered yes. Only 15 percent of these children said the voices caused them serious suffering, and 19 percent said the voices interfered with their thinking. Boys and girls were equally likely to report hearing voices, but girls were more likely to report suffering and anxiety due to the voices.
While past studies have linked complications in the womb or during early infancy with the likelihood of hearing voices, Bartels-Velthuis and her team found no such relationship. The researcher said that she and her colleagues had expected that hearing voices would be more common among urban children than among their rural peers, "but to our surprise, the contrary was the case in our sample. We have no explanation for this finding."
So they base it on the kid answering their question with yes.
Uh-huh. Because kids know what they're talking about.
I'd love to see them, too.Poppycock. I would LOVE to see the questions they asked these kids.
I'd love to see them, too.
I believe strongly in the supernatural and in children's perceptions, but if you ask a kid, "do you hear voices in your head," probably a fair number of them will think to themselves, of course, how else are you supposed to hear them? and answer in the affirmative.
Oh. I suppose it would help if I had read it. :3oops:The question would be framed as "Do you ever hear a voice in your head that nobody else can?" or " ... if there's nobody else there?"
The OP article quote actually says this.
The question would be framed as "Do you ever hear a voice in your head that nobody else can?" or " ... if there's nobody else there?"
The OP article quote actually says this.
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