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Dictionary of Hallucinations. J.D. Blom. 2010.
Haidinger's polarization brushes
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Haidinger's brush — Also known as Haidinger brushes, Haidinger s brushes, and Haidinger s polarization brushes. All four eponyms refer to the Austrian physicist, geologist, and mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795 1871), who has been credited with … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Haidinger's brush — is an entoptic phenomenon first described by Austrianphysicist Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger in 1844.Many people are able to perceive polarization of light.It may be seen as a yellowish horizontal bar or bow tie shape (with fuzzy ends, hence the… … Wikipedia
Haidinger's brushes — Hai·ding·er s brush·es hī diŋ ərz brəsh əz n pl a faint blue and yellow dumbbell shaped image that is produced in the human eye by the selective absorption of polarized light by the yellow macular pigment of the fovea and can be used to detect… … Medical dictionary
