Question

Timothy has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has mostly auditory hallucinations. when he is experiencing such a hallucination his _______ is active.

Answer 1

This would be the auditory cortex, located in the temporal lobe. When this area is not functioning properly, hallucinations or other errors in auditory processing and recognition can occur. Schizophrenia can lead to such errors in encoding, processing, and recognizing the sounds around us.