Hallucination — For other uses, see Hallucination (disambiguation). Hallucination Classification and external resources My eyes at the moment of the apparitions by August Natterer … Wikipedia
ictal hallucination — The term ictal hallucination is indebted to the Latin noun ictus, which means blow or thrust. In neurology the term ictus is used to denote a paroxysmal epileptic seizure. The term ictal hallucination refers to a hallucination occurring in the … Dictionary of Hallucinations
hemianopic hallucination — Also known as hemianoptic hallucination, hemi anoptic optical hallucination, hemiopic hallucination, hemioptic hallucination, and hemihallucination. The term hemianopic hallucination is indebted to the Greek words hèmi (half), an (not), and… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
gustatory hallucination — Also known as gustatory phantasma and hallucination of taste. The term gustatory hallucination is indebted to the Latin noun gustus,which means taste. It is used to denote a taste sensation occurring in the absence of an appropriate tas tant.… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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
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
microptic hallucination — Also known as microscopic hallucination and diminutive visual hallucination. The term microptic hallucination is indebted to the Greek words mikros (small) and opsis (seeing). It refers to a type of *visual hallucination in which the… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
altruistic hallucination — The term altruistic hallucination is indebted to the French noun altruisme, coined by the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798 1857), which translates to unselfishness. The term hallucination altruiste was introduced in or shortly before… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
experiential hallucination — Also referred to as experiential hallucinosis, experiential phenomenon, experiential response, experiential seizure, flashback, memory flashback, psychical hallucination, and reperceptive hallucination. The first five terms were used and… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
stable hallucination — A term coined in or shortly before 1866 by the German psychiatrist Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum (1828 1899). Kahlbaum uses the term to denote a hallucination which displays a minimum of variation over time. He conceptualizes this type of hallucination … Dictionary of Hallucinations
