topological model of hallucinatory activity
- topological model of hallucinatory activity
The term topological model is indebted to the Greek words topos (place) and logos (word, teaching). It was introduced in or shortly before 2005 by the British neuroscientists Dominic H. ffytche and Marco Catani as a generic name for explanatory models that attribute the mediation of hallucinations primarily to a dysfunction of specific brain regions. Some examples of topological models of hallucinatory activity are the " peduncular hallucinosis model, the " brainstem auditory hallucinosis model, and the " entoptic model. The term topological model is used in opposition to "hodological model (which is a generic name for explanatory models that attribute the mediation ofhallucinations primarily to the white-matter pathways between specific brain structures). The hodological and topo-logical models are integrated in the so-called "hodotopic model of hallucinatory activity.
References
ffytche, D.H., Catani, M. (2005). Beyond localization: From hodology to function. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ofLondon Series B Biological Sciences, 360, 767-779.
ffytche, D.H. (2008). The hodology of hallucinations. Cortex, 44, 1067-1083.
Dictionary of Hallucinations.
J.D. Blom.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
hodological model of hallucinatory activity — The term hodological model is indebted to the Greek words hodos(path) and logos(word, teaching). It was introduced in or shortly before 2005 by the British neuroscientists Dominic H. ffytche and Marco Catani as a generic name for explanatory… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
hodotopic model of hallucinatory activity — The term hodotopic model is indebted to the Greek words hodos (path) and topos (place). It was introduced in or shortly before 2005 by the British neuroscientists Dominic H. ffytche and Marco Catani as the name of an explanatory model that… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
peduncular hallucination — Also known as peduncular hallucinosis, pedunculopontine hallucinosis, Lhermitte s hallucinosis, Lhermitte syndrome, *brainstem hallucination, and mesencephalic hallucinosis. The eponyms Lhermitte s hallucinosis and Lhermitte syndrome refer to… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Brainstem auditory hallucinosis — A term used to denote a hallucinatory state characterized by * auditory hallucinations which are attributed to aberrant neurophysiological activity in the brainstem. The concept of brain stem auditory hallucinosis is analogous to that of *… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
entoptic hallucination — The term entoptic hallucination is indebted to the Greek words entos (inside) and opsis (seeing). It is used to denote a visual hallucination that is attributed primarily to intraocular pathology. The term entoptic hallucination is sometimes… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
