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Hallucination — For other uses, see Hallucination (disambiguation). Hallucination Classification and external resources My eyes at the moment of the apparitions by August Natterer … Wikipedia
simple hallucination — Also referred to as elementary hallucination. Both terms are used to denote a hallucination of the lowest degree of complexity. In the auditory modality, simple hallucinations are known as * akoasms. Common examples of akoasms are clicking… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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
geometric hallucination — Also known as geometrical hallucination, geometric visual hallucination, and optogeometric illusion. All four terms can be traced to the Greek noun geometria, which means land surveying. They are used to denote a * formed visual hallucination… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
primitive hallucination — A term used (and possibly also introduced) in 1930 by the German psychologists Konrad Zucker and Julius Zâdor in the context of a study of * mescaline induced hallucinations to denote a relatively simple type of hallucination. Judging by the… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
unimodal hallucination — The term unimodal hallucination is indebted to the Latin words unus (one) and modus (means, manner). It is used to denote a hallucination that confines itself to a single sensory modality. Unimodal hallucinations can be either * elementary, *… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
visual hallucination — Also referred to as vision. Both terms are indebted to the Latin noun visio, which means sight. They are used to denote a hallucination of sight. Historically, visual hallucinations have been divided into a multitude of types. Using their… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
blank hallucination — The term blank hallucination was introduced in or shortly before 1961 by the German American psychoanalyst Max M. Stern (18951982) to denote a collection of simple hallucinatory phenomena such as the sense that one is floating in space,… … 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
List of one-time The Simpsons characters — Further information: List of characters in The Simpsons and List of recurring characters in The Simpsons The following is a list of one time characters from the American animated television comedy series The Simpsons. Some of the… … Wikipedia
