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Efference copy and corollary discharge: implications for thinking and its disorders

Feinberg, I.·1978·Schizophrenia Bulletin

Abstract

Many motor commands in the nervous system are associated with corollary discharges which alter the excitability in both sensory and motor systems. These discharges may assist in the distinction between self-generated and externally produced movements; they also allow (or represent) monitoring of the motor commands before the effector response has occurred. Here, I hypothesize that this mechanism of control and integration is also present in thinking, which as Hughlings Jackson pointed out, may be considered the highest and most complex form of motor activity. I speculate that if corollary discharges are normally part of the motor mechanisms of thought, their derangement could produce many of the symptoms of schizophrenia.

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  • If inner speech is a special case of overt speech, then it would be expected to have an associated IFM.

    “If inner speech is indeed a special case of overt speech – ‘a kind of action’ – then it would also be expected to have an associated IFM (Tian and Poeppel, 2010 – see also Feinberg, 1978; Numminen and Curio, 1999; Whitford et al., 2012; Ford et al., 2001a).”

    From Neurophysiological evidence of efference copies to inner speech (2017) · cites this paper as Feinberg, 1978

  • Inner speech is conceptualized as a special case of overt speech in which the articulator organs do not actually move; that is, inner speech is a kind of action.

    “An influential account of inner speech suggests that it ultimately reflects a special case of overt speech in which the articulator organs (e.g., mouth, tongue, larynx) do not actually move; that is, inner speech is conceptualized as ‘a kind of action’ (Jones and Fernyhough, 2007, p.396 – see also Feinberg, 1978; Pickering and Garrod, 2013; Oppenheim and Dell, 2010).”

    From Neurophysiological evidence of efference copies to inner speech (2017) · cites this paper as Feinberg, 1978

  • An influential account argues that psychotic symptoms arise because of an abnormality in the IFM associated with both physical and mental actions.

    “An influential account of these experiences argues that they arise because of an abnormality in the IFM associated with both physical and mental actions (Feinberg, 1978; Frith, 1992).”

    From Neurophysiological evidence of efference copies to inner speech (2017) · cites this paper as Feinberg, 1978

  • The notion that inner speech generates an IFM in the absence of an overt motor act has been hypothesized previously across several different literatures.

    “The notion that inner speech generates an IFM in the absence of an overt motor act has been hypothesized previously across several different literatures (Jones and Fernyhough, 2007; Feinberg, 1978; Scott, 2013; Guenther and Hickok, 2015; Ford et al., 2001b; Sams et al., 2005; Kauramäki et al., 2010).”

    From Neurophysiological evidence of efference copies to inner speech (2017) · cites this paper as Feinberg, 1978

  • An influential account formulates AVH as inner speech misattributed to an external source due to a dysfunction in efference copy and predictive control mechanisms.

    “An influential account formulates AVH as inner speech misattributed to an external source due to a dysfunction in efference copy and predictive control mechanisms (Feinberg, 1978; Frith, 1992; Jones and Fernyhough, 2007b; but see Gallagher, 2004).”

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Authors
Feinberg, I.
Affiliations
San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Feinberg, I.
Venue
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Published
1978-01-01
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
636-640
ISSN
  • 0586-7614 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-1701
OpenAlex
W2047004412
Cited by
592
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of California, San Francisco
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
efference copy, corollary discharge
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Feedback, Humans, Motor Activity, Neural Pathways, Schizophrenic Psychology, Thinking, Visual Perception

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