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    hallucination
    /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

    noun

    • 1. an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present: "he continued to suffer from horrific hallucinations"

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  2. Sep 21, 2024 · A hallucination is the experience of a sensation in the absence of a provoking stimulus. The hallucinated sensation can be visual, auditory, tactile, and sometimes olfactory or gustatory. For example, a tactile hallucination is when you feel something crawling on your skin but nothing is there.

  3. Sep 15, 2024 · Hallucinations: A Comprehensive Definition. In the realm of psychology, hallucinations are defined as perceptual experiences that occur in the absence of external stimuli. They’re vivid, substantial, and perceived as real by the individual experiencing them.

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    4 days ago · A hallucination is defined as sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli. Hallucinations are different from illusions and perceptual distortions, which are the misperception of external stimuli. Hallucinations may occur in any of the senses and take on almost any form.

  5. 5 days ago · The word hallucination denotes something imaginary or unreal. It is not uncommon to get confused between illusion and hallucination. Conscious awareness of elements in the environment by the mental processing of sensory stimuli is perception. Hallucination is a disorder of perception where there is a sensory deception.

  6. Sep 6, 2024 · Hallucinations typically involve sensory experiences that may impact a person's sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch. Each of these potential hallucination types can have its own set of distinct effects. Visual hallucinations: Those with schizophrenia may see people, objects, or other visual elements that do not actually ...

  7. 3 days ago · Hallucinations are about the senses. They are not thoughts or dreams or wishes. If you experience something involving seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling or touching as though it truly happened and yet it's hard to tell fact from fiction, it's more likely a hallucination. Bipolar Delusions: Another Psychotic Symptom.

  8. Sep 17, 2024 · The presence of hypnagogic hallucinations as you fall asleep is considered one of the cardinal signs of narcolepsy, which affects up to one in every 2,000 people. Their hallucinations tend to be visual, vivid, and may be mixed with other types of hallucinations, including hypnopompic.