Visual Hallucinations

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Identifier 19800220_nanos_varsubjectssympos1_06
Title Visual Hallucinations
Creator Norman J. Schatz
Affiliation Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL
Subject Hallucinations; Ocular Region Hallucinations; Optic Nerve Hallucinations; Visual Deprivation; Migraine Hallucinations; Temporal Lobe Hallucination; Peduncular Hallucination
Description Unformed (simple) hallucinations phosphenes (sensations of light) sparks, spots, streaks, geometric patterns, shapes, edges and angles Formed (canplex) hallucinations are images of recognized objects, animals, faces, landscapes, flowers, scenes and people. Chranatopsias are hallucinations in which the environment is uniformly tinted in a single color. Metachranatopsias color appears to change into another Macropsias and Micropsias - objects seen to be magnified or minified. Micropsias is often accompanied by Teleopsia, the sense that the minified object is far away.
Date 1980-02-20
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1980 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1980: Various Subjects Symposium (Session 1)
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 1980. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s67t0vgk
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183781
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67t0vgk
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