Table 2.

CAPS Items Broken Down by Preselected Category of Anomalous Experience

Selection Category	CAPS Items
Changes in Levels of Sensory Intensity (Relevant Domains: Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, Smell)	1. Do you ever notice that sounds are much louder than they normally would be?
		18. Do you ever smell everyday odors and think that they are unusually strong?
		20. Do you ever find that your skin is more sensitive to touch, heat, or cold than usual?
		21. Do you ever think that food or drink tastes much stronger than it normally would?
		23. Do you ever have days where lights or colors seem brighter or more intense than usual?
Having a Nonshared Sensory Experience (Relevant Domains: Sight, Sound, Smell)	13. Do you ever hear voices saying words or sentences when there is no one around that might account for it?
		29. Do you ever experience smells or odors that people next to you seem unaware of?
		31. Do you ever see things that other people cannot?
		32. Do you ever hear sounds or music that people near you don't hear?
Inherently Unusual or Distorted Sensory Experience (Relevant Domains: Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, Smell)	5. Do you ever experience unusual burning sensations or other strange feelings in or on your body?
		16. Do you ever find that sounds are distorted in strange or unusual ways?
		25. Do you ever find that common smells sometimes seem unusually different?
		26. Do you ever think that everyday things look abnormal to you?
		30. Do you ever notice that food or drink seems to have an unusual taste?
Sensory Experience From an Unexplained Source (Relevant Domains: Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, Smell)	4. Do you ever see shapes, lights, or colors even though there is nothing really there?
		6. Do you ever hear noises or sounds when there is nothing about to explain them?
		8. Do you ever detect smells which don't seem to come from your surroundings?
		12. Do you ever feel that someone is touching you, but when you look nobody is there?
		14. Do you ever experience unexplained tastes in your mouth?
		28. Have you ever heard 2 or more unexplained voices talking with each other?
Distortion of Form (Size, Shape) of Own Body and of External World	9. Do you ever have the sensation that your body, or a part of it, is changing or has changed shape?
		10. Do you ever have the sensation that your limbs might not be your own or might not be properly connected to your body?
		19. Do you ever find the appearance of things or people seems to change in a puzzling way, eg, distorted shapes or sizes or color?
		22. Do you ever look in the mirror and think that your face seems different from usual?
Verbal Hallucinations	11. Do you ever hear voices commenting on what you are thinking or doing?
		13. Do you ever hear voices saying words or sentences when there is no one around that might account for it?
		28. Have you ever heard 2 or more unexplained voices talking with each other?
Sensory Flooding	15. Do you ever find that sensations happen all at once and flood you with information?
		17. Do you ever have difficulty distinguishing one sensation from another?
Thought Echo and Hearing Thoughts Out Loud	3. Do you ever hear your own thoughts repeated or echoed?
		7. Do you ever hear your own thoughts spoken aloud in your head, so that someone near might be able to hear them?
Temporal Lobe	2. Do you ever sense the presence of another being, despite being unable to see any evidence?
		10. Do you ever have the sensation that your limbs might not be your own or might not be properly connected to your body?
		24. Do you ever have the feeling of being uplifted, as if driving or rolling over a road while sitting quietly?
		27. Do you ever find that your experience of time changes dramatically?

Note: Questions may appear in more than 1 category.