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.
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ISBN: 0307957241
ISBN: 9780307402189
ISBN: 9780307957245 :
Physical Description:xiv, 326 pages ; 22 cm.print
Publisher:Toronto : Knopf Canada, c2012.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.