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The language profile of formal thought disorder (2018)
Journal Article
Çokal, D., Sevilla, G., Jones, W. S., Zimmerer, V., Deamer, F., Douglas, M., …Hinzen, W. (2018). The language profile of formal thought disorder. npj Schizophrenia, 4(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-018-0061-9

Formal thought disorder (FTD) is clinically manifested as disorganized speech, but there have been only few investigations of its linguistic properties. We examined how disturbance of thought may relate to the referential function of language as expr... Read More about The language profile of formal thought disorder.

Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities (2018)
Journal Article
Zimmerer, V. C., Varley, R. A., Deamer, F., & Hinzen, W. (2019). Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 49, 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.08.002

In factive clausal embedding ([He knows [that it is warm outside]]), the embedded clause is presupposed to be true. In non-factive embedding ([He thinks [that it is warm outside]]) there is no presupposition, and in counterfactive embedding ([It only... Read More about Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities.

Relating therapy for distressing voices: Who, or what, is changing? (2018)
Journal Article
Hayward, M., Bogen-Johnston, L., & Deamer, F. (2018). Relating therapy for distressing voices: Who, or what, is changing?. Psychosis, 10(2), 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2018.1469037

Background: The experience of hearing distressing voices has recently been conceptualised within relational terms, whereby the voice is perceived as a person-like stimulus with whom the hearer has a difficult relationship. Therapeutic approaches are... Read More about Relating therapy for distressing voices: Who, or what, is changing?.

Relating to the speaker behind the voice: What is changing? (2018)
Journal Article
Deamer, F., & Hayward, M. (2018). Relating to the speaker behind the voice: What is changing?. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00011

We introduce therapeutic techniques that encourage voice hearers to view their voices as coming from intentional agents whose behavior may be dependent on how the voice hearer relates to and interacts with them. We suggest that this approach is effec... Read More about Relating to the speaker behind the voice: What is changing?.