Bibliograph

Hallucinations, Oliver Sacks

Type

Label

Hallucinations, Oliver Sacks

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hallucinations

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

769425353

Responsibility statement

Oliver Sacks

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

Table Of 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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