complex hallucinations

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• complex hallucination —    A term used to denote a phenomenologically rich and often well organized type of hallucination that is confined to a single sensory modality. Theoretically, complex hallucinations may present in any of the sensory modalities. It is customary,… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• quadrantanopsia and hallucinations —    The term quadrantanopsia comes from the Latin noun quadrans (the quarter part of a circle), and the Greek words an (not) and opsis (seeing). It translates as blindness within a quarter of the field of vision . Quadrantanopsia is attributed… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Parkinson's disease and hallucinations —    The eponym Parkinson s disease refers to the British physician James Parkinson (1755 1824), who has been credited with being the first to describe the concomitant disease in 1817. The eponym itself was coined during the 1870s by the French… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• classification of hallucinations —    Hallucinations are classified in a multitude of ways. As in all classifications, the resulting arrangements are subordinate to the purpose of the classification at hand, and to the guiding principles involved. An implicit purpose of… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• childhood and hallucinations —    Hallucinations occurring during childhood have been reported in both clinical and nonclinical populations. Arguably the most intriguing type of hallucination reported in 13 22% of healthy children around 4 years of age, and in about 45% of… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• complex regional pain syndrome — (CRPS)    see causalgia …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• epilepsy and hallucinations —    The term epilepsy comes from the Greek verb epilambanein (to attack). It refers to a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. The introduction of the term epilepsy is generally attributed to the Persian physician and… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• atropine and hallucinations —    The name atropine derives from Atropos,in Greek mythology the name of one of the Fates who held the shears used to cut the thread of human life. It is a highly potent tropane alkaloid that occurs in many species of the plant family Solanaceae …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• psilocybin and hallucinations —    The term psilocybin comes from the Greek words psilos (bald) and kubè (head). It refers to an alkaloid of the tryptamine group that can be found in no fewer than 80 species of hallucinogenic mushrooms belonging to the Psilocybe genus (i.e.… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• antidepressants and hallucinations —    The term antidepressant was introduced in or shortly before 1953 by the American psychiatrists Harry M. Salzer (b. 1906) and Max L. Lurie (b. 1920) in a barely noticed article on the mood altering potential of the tuberculo static isoniazid.… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• sensory deprivation experiments and hallucinations —    Sensory deprivation experiments are also known as isolation experiments. Both terms are used to denote an experimental study in which a test person is subjected to a drastically reduced and depatterned sensory input. Biomedical case reports of …   Dictionary of Hallucinations