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Pavo Orepić

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Pavo Orepić @pavoorepic.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Thrilled to share our new conceptual piece on self-voice with Ana Pinheiro: lnkd.in/exKTTZ2e Extensively reviewing self-voice literature, we argue it is not just a sound, but a 5-piece puzzle of the self. We ask what happens when that puzzle breaks apart in clinical conditions—or is reshaped by AI.

Fig. 1. Self-voice building blocks. In (a) natural self-voice perception (during speaking), all five blocks combine to form a complete self-voice representation (puzzle inset). The auditory block (green) processes the acoustic signal (voice waveform). The motor control block (red) generates the voice (downward arrow) and sends sensorimotor predictions to the auditory block (upward arrow) to stabilize perception. The memory block (pink) provides an internal self-voice template for recognizing whether a voice is self-generated or externally generated. The multisensory integration block (blue) incorporates exteroceptive (e.g., bone-conducted vibrations) and interoceptive cues (e.g., respiration). The self-concept block (orange) aligns the perceived voice with personality and social identity. The lack of motor control involvement (incomplete puzzle) and bone-conducted cues in (b) digital self-voices alters perceived voice quality (changed waveform; triangle in the auditory block). In (c) auditory-verbal hallucinations, the blocks fail to integrate properly (distorted puzzle), producing a hallucinated voice (blurry waveform). Disruptions in sensorimotor prediction (triangle in red upward arrow) and in the memory block (pink triangle) contribute to self-other voice confusion.

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Pavo Orepić @pavoorepic.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Honored to receive this recognition from @sirsofficial.bsky.social and excited for the congress in Florence! If you’re attending, let’s connect! www.liri.uzh.ch/en/news/aktu...

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Pavo Orepic receives Early Career Award

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Early Career Hallucinations Research Group @echrhallucinations.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Great preprint from @pavoorepic.bsky.social and colleagues showing that weaker performance on a self-other voice discrimination task is specifically associated with expericing hallucinations (data from 23 patients with AVH, 18 patients without AVH, and 40 controls ) www.medrxiv.org/content/medr...

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