musical hallucinations

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• musical hallucination —    Also known as musical hallucinosis, auditory Charles Bonnet syndrome, and Oliver Sacks syndrome, after the British neurologist Oliver Wolf Sacks (b. 1933). All four terms are used to denote an *auditory hallucination characterized by songs,… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• musical tinnitus —    A term used to denote a type of * tinnitus (i.e. ringing in the ears ) characterized by songs, tunes, melodies, harmonics, rhythms, and/or timbres. Phenomenologically, musical tinnitus is indistinguishable from the *musical hallucination.… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Musical ear syndrome — (MES) describes a condition seen in people who have hearing loss and subsequently develop auditory hallucinations. It is comparable to Charles Bonnet syndrome (visual hallucinations in visually impaired people)[1] and some have suggested this… …   Wikipedia

• musical illusion —    Also referred to as audio illusion. Both terms are used to denote a paradoxical * auditory illusion created with the aid of musical sounds. The British American cognitive psychologist Diana Deutsch designed and published many musical illusions …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• musical hallucinosis —    see musical hallucination …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• hearing loss and hallucinations —    The association between auditory hallucinations and severe hearing loss has been known for some time. Not unlike the visual hallucinations within the context of Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS), auditory hallucinations against the background of… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• schizophrenia and hallucinations —    The term schizophrenia stems from the Greek words schizein (to split), and phren (nerve, diaphragm, heart). It was introduced in 1908 by the Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler (18571939) to denote a group of mental disorders displaying… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• old age and hallucinations —    In biomedicine the notion of old age tends to refer to the age group of 65 years and older. Within the group of non institutionalized individuals thus defined, the mean incidence and prevalence of hallucinations are somewhat higher than in the …   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

• 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

• beta-blockers and hallucinations —    Beta blockers are also referred to as ß blockers, beta adrenergic blockers, beta antagonists, beta adrenergic antagonists, beta adrenergic blocking drugs, and beta adrenoceptor antagonists. All these names are used to denote a group of… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations