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Passionate about communications? We’re hiring!
Are you passionate about communicating with diverse audiences about research into human experience? Have you got experience in organising events, as well as working on newsletters, social media, print and online publications? Would you enjoy being part of a diverse...
read moreCall for Participants: Age and Unusual Perceptions
Hearing voices and seeing visions is not a topic of everyday conversation. Many people do not realise that around 1 in 20 of us will experience unusual perceptions at some point in our lives. But do these experiences change as we age? If you are aged 18-30 or 60-75, we’d like to invite you to take part in our study on age and unusual experiences.
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Response roundup to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
“The most realistic portrayal of mental illness I’ve yet seen in a video game”. Last week saw the release of Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, a new game on PS4 and PC that attempts to simulate some of the experiences associated with psychosis. We round up the reviews here and explain how HtV contributed to its development.
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HtV’s Angela Woods wins Intervoice Research Award 2017
We are thrilled to announce that Hearing the Voice Co-Director Angela Woods has been awarded the 2017 Intervoice Research Award at the 9th World Hearing Voices Congress in Boston.
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Voice-Hearers: What are your priorities for research into talking with voices?
Hearing the Voice is proud to be part of an international research group which is seeking a better understanding of people’s experience of communicating with their voices. The first step in this process, before the research even begins, is to talk to the...
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Passionate about communications? We’re hiring!
Are you passionate about communicating with diverse audiences about research into human experience? Have you got experience in organising events, as well as working on newsletters, social media, print and online publications? Would you enjoy being part of a diverse...
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‘Sensing the dead is perfectly normal – and often helpful’ by Simon McCarthy-Jones
Hearing the Voice’s Simon McCarthy-Jones explores unusual experiences in the context of bereavement.
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Call for participants: Imaginary companions and unusual experiences study
Imaginary companions are a phenomenon most commonly observed in young children. It is estimated that between a third and two thirds of children aged 5-12 report experiencing an imaginary friend who they might see, talk to, or play with. For as long as research has been going on the topic, people have asked how having an imaginary companion (IC) might relate to cognitive development and mental health.
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Beckfest 2017
Hearing the Voice team member Dr Guy Dodgson reflects on the themes of this year’s Beckfest in Vancouver. Beckfest is an annual conference for people who are developing and trialling interventions for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Psychosis
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New Publication: ‘Reading Margery Kempe’s inner voices’ by Corinne Saunders and Charles Fernyhough
Announcing a new article by Corinne Saunders and Charles Fernyhough exploring Margery Kempe’s inner voices, and how the richness of her multi-sensory experience is illuminated by and illuminates the experience of contemporary voice-hearers, offering a powerful alternative perspective to reductive bio-medical understandings of the phenomenon.
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