Hallucinations

Hallucinations

by Blom, Jan Dirk

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The work aims to provide an overview of the field of contemporary hallucinations research. It will consist of 28 chapters, the writing of which will be put out to international experts specialized in the specific fields at hand. The work aims to be unique, in that it intends to cover many different types of hallucination, and to approach the subject matter from four different perspectives, i.e., conceptual, phenomenological, neuroscientific, and therapeutic.

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The work aims to provide an overview of the field of contemporary hallucinations research. It will consist of 28 chapters, the writing of which will be put out to international experts specialized in the specific fields at hand. The work aims to be unique, in that it intends to cover many different types of hallucination, and to approach the subject matter from four different perspectives, i.e., conceptual, phenomenological, neuroscientific, and therapeutic.

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  • Publication Date:2012.

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9.2 Patients with a Neurological or Neurodegenerative Disorder.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (427 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1461409586, 9781461409588
  • DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-0959-5
  • oclc:ocn990471850
  • LC Classification:RC553.H3 H35 2012
  • Dewey Decimal:616.89

Table of Contents

Hallucinations; Foreword; References; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: General Introduction; References; Part I:Conceptual Issues; Chapter 2: The Construction of Visual Reality; 2.1 Illusions: What and Why; 2.2 Vision as Construction; 2.3 Perceptual Evolution; 2.4 Interface Theory of Perception; 2.5 Biological Examples; 2.6 A New Theory of Illusions and Hallucinations; References; Chapter 3: Consciousness, Memory, and Hallucinations*; 3.1 Philosophical Idealism; 3.2 Resonance in Thalamocortical Networks; 3.3 Allocentric Representations and Episodic Memory.

3.4 Schizophrenic Psychosis and Hippocampal Hyperactivity3.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: A Network Model of Hallucinations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 General Network Models; Box 4.1 Small-World Network Structures; 4.3 Neural Network Models; 4.3.1 Attractor Network Models; 4.3.2 The Attractor State; Box 4.2 Network Function and State Space; 4.3.3 Signal-to-Noise Processing; 4.3.4 Bottom-Up and Top-Down Processing of Information; 4.3.5 Neuromodulation; 4.4 Hallucinations in Network Terms; 4.4.1 A Network Model of Sensory Deprivation; 4.4.2 A Network Model of Hallucinations.

Box 4.3 The Concept of Information4.4.3 Structure…

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Subjects

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Disease Diseases Hallucinations Hallucinations and illusions Maladies Manifestations neurologiques des maladi… Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations Neurologic manifestations of general di… Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symp… Perceptual Disorders Psychiatry and Psychology Signs and Symptoms Système nerveux -- Maladies Troubles de la perception

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Blom, Jan Dirk Sommer, Iris E. C.

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