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Schizophrenia: A disorder of affective consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Dennis J. L. G. Schutter  and
Jack van Honk
Dennis J. L. G. Schutter*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychonomics, Affective Neuroscience Section, Helmholtz Research Institute, Utrecht University, 3584CSUtrecht, The Netherlands
Jack van Honk*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychonomics, Affective Neuroscience Section, Helmholtz Research Institute, Utrecht University, 3584CSUtrecht, The Netherlands
*
d.schutter@fss.uu.nl
j.vanhonk@fss.uu.nl
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Abstract:

Behrendt & Young (B&Y) propose an explanation for schizophrenia in terms of a cortical default in the interaction between consciousness and cognition. However, schizophrenia more likely involves miscommunication between subcortical and cortical affective circuits in the brain, a default in the interaction between consciousness and emotion. The typical “affective” nature of hallucinations in schizophrenia provides compelling evidence for subcortical involvement.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 804 - 805
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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