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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53582#.VMnd2CzQrzE Author(s)    Stephanie Fryar-Williams 1,2,3,4 , Jörg E. Strobel 1   Affiliation(s) 1 The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia . 2 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia . 3 Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Woodville, Australia . 4 Youth in Mind Research Institute, Norwood, Australia . ABSTRACT Background: Neuroscience can assist clinical understanding and therapy by finding neurobiological markers for mental illness symptoms. Objectives: To quantify biomarkers for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder and relate these to discrete symptoms of psychosis. Methods: Within a case-control design with multiple exclusion criteria to exclude organic causes and confounding variables, 67 DSM IV-R diagnosed and 67 control participants from a defined hospital, clinic and community catchment are...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53117#.VLXOT8nQrzE Author(s)   Javier Alvarez-Rodriguez *   Affiliation(s) Jefe de Servicio de Psiquiatría, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain . ABSTRACT This paper deals with certain psychic automatisms that are usually diagnosed as psychiatric symptoms or as simple partial seizures. These mental automatisms are described in many writings by mystics, philosophers, literates, composers, and many different great artists and creators from human history, but they have never conferred any pathological value on these experiences. We have carried out previous scientific researches in which we found abundant arguments suggesting that these automatisms are due to neuronal nets physiologically adapted to fire in a hypersynchronous way. With these pieces of information we propose an audacious hypothesis: these automatic experiences are mani...