thermal hallucinations

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• thermal hallucination —    Also referred to as thermic hallucination. Both terms are used to denote a hallucination of temperature. Thermal hallucinations have been reported chiefly in the context of psychotic disorder and somatosensory aura. In both cases the… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• thermal illusion —    Also known as temperature illusion. Both terms are used to denote a misperception or misinterpretation of temperature stimuli. Examples of thermal illusions are paradoxical cold and paradoxical heat.    References    Long, R.R. (1977).… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• somatosensory aura —    Also known as somaesthetic aura. The term somatosensory aura comes from the Greek noun soma (body), and the Latin words sensorium (seat of the senses, brain), and aura (wind, smell). It is used to denote a type of * aura consisting of an… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Eigengrau —    Also known as Eigenlicht, light dust, light chaos, dark light, brain light, and idioretinal light. The term Eigengrau comes from the German eigen (one s own), and grau (gray), and translates loosely as intrinsic gray . The term was introduced… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• allodynia —    The term allodynia comes from the Greek words allos (other) and odunè (pain), translating loosely to other pain . It is used to denote a condition characterized by pain due to a stimulus that does not normally evoke pain. Patho physiologically …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• anaesthesia —    Also written as anesthesia. The term anaesthesia comes from the Greek noun anaisthèsia,which means numbness. In a broad sense, it refers to a loss or impairment of sensitivity to stimuli in any of the sensory modalities. As a rule, however,… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• analgesia —    The term analgesia comes from the Greek words an (not) and algos (pain). It is used to denote a specific loss or impairment of sensitivity to painful stimuli of a tactile, thermal, chemical, or other physical origin. Etiologically, the… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• paradoxical cold —    A term introduced in or shortly before 1895 by the Austrian physician and physiologist Max von Frey (1852 1932) to denote the *thermal illusion of coldness that may arise when a stimulus in the range of 45 50°C is applied to the skin.… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• paradoxical heat —    A term used to denote the * thermal illusion of heat that may arise during prolonged intense skin cooling, typically upon the return of skin temperature to a neutral level after intense cooling (for example, on moving indoors after having been …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• temperature illusion —    see thermal illusion …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• thermic hallucination —    see thermal hallucination …   Dictionary of Hallucinations