The neuroscience of visual hallucinations / editors, Daniel Collerton, Urs Peter Mosimann and Elaine Perry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Visual hallucinations : history and context of current research / G.E Berrios, Ivana S Marková -- Defining and measuring hallucinations and their consequences : what is really the difference between a veridical perception and a hallucination? Categories of hallucinatory experiences / Jan Dirk Blom -- Hallucinatory aspects of normal vision / Geraint Rees -- Non pathological associations : sleep and dreams, deprivation, and bereavement / Armando D'Agostino, Anna Castelnovo, Silvio Scarone -- The clinical associations of visual hallucinations / Marco Onofrj, Astrid Thomas, Giovanni Martinotti, Francesca Anzellotti1, Massimo Di Giannantonio, Fausta Ciccocioppo, Laura Bonanni -- Hallucinogenic mechanisms : pathological and pharmacological insights / Simon J.G. Lewis, James M Shine, Daniel Brooks, Glenda M Halliday -- Imaging in visual hallucinations / Anne Marthe Meppelink -- EEG and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Changing and recording the dynamic flow of visual perception / Nicholas Murphy, Sara Graziadio, John-Paul Taylor -- Neuropsychological approaches to understanding visual hallucinations / Jim Barnes -- Geometric visual hallucinations and the structure of the visual cortex / Jack D. Cowan -- Thalamic and brainstem regulatory systems : why disturbances external to the visual system can cause hallucinations / Ren M. Müri -- The pathology of hallucinations : one or several points of processing breakdown? / Nico J. Diederich, Christopher G. Goetz, Glenn T. Stebbins -- Future directions in research / Daniel Collerton, Urs Peter Mosimann, Elaine Perry -- The treatment of visual hallucinations at present and in the future / Elaine Perry, Urs Peter Mosimann, Daniel Collerton.

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