It looks like the woman tragically killed this week at the capitol was having bicameral-like hallucinations.
Miriam Carey had been hallucinating and thought that President Obama was communicating with her.
It's interesting that voice-hearers often hallucinate religious and political leaders, which fits with Jaynes's theory.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.1476189
Miriam Carey Had Been Hallucinating the Voice of Obama
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