| Authors: |
Sacks, Oliver W.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Hallucinations and illusions.
Cognition disorders.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. |
| Description: |
xiv, 326 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307957245 0307957241 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and index. |
| Contents: |
Silent multitudes : Charles Bonnet Syndrome -- The prisoner's cinema : sensory deprivation -- A few nanograms of wine : hallucinatory smells -- Hearing things -- The illusions of Parkinsonism -- Altered states -- Patterns : visual migraines -- The "sacred" disease -- Bisected : hallucinations in the half-field -- Delirious -- On the threshold of sleep -- Narcolepsy and night hags -- The haunted mind -- Doppelgängers : hallucinating oneself -- Phantoms, shadows, and sensory ghosts. |
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| Summary: |
An investigation into the types, physiological sources, and cultural resonances of hallucinations traces everything from the disorientations of sleep and intoxication to the manifestations of injury and illness. |