Hearing the voice 2

Grantholders

  • Prof Charles Fernyhough

    Durham University

  • Dr Angela Woods

    Durham University

  • Dr Ben Alderson-Day

    Durham University

  • Prof Christopher Cook

    Durham University

  • Prof Corinne Saunders

    Durham University

  • Prof Patricia Waugh

    Durham University

Project summary

Building on an earlier Wellcome Strategic Award, this project explores voice-hearing in the context of seven new research domains. It focuses on: the relationships between voice-hearing and everyday processes of sense perception, memory, language and creativity; why some voices (and not others) are experienced as distressing; how voices can change across the life course; the ways in which voices can act as important social, cultural and political forces.

Work will involve developing a comprehensive online resource for voice-hearers and mental health professionals, and an arts-led programme of public engagement.