The relationship between creativity and schizophrenia has been a subject of neuroscience research. Studies suggest that both share a heightened tendency to identify unusual patterns, a trait linked to dopamine. Research indicates that highly creative individuals exhibit neurobiological similarities with those suffering from schizophrenia, particularly in the density of D2 dopamine receptors in the thalamus. Additionally, schizophrenia’s positive symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, can be understood through a Bayesian model of altered perception, where the inability to update beliefs based on new evidence plays a key role. However, this model does not fully explain the disorder’s negative symptoms or why positive symptoms typically emerge in early adulthood. Continue reading Hallucinations as a disorder of perceptual inference