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The emergence of proto-objects in complex visual hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2005

Glenda Halliday*
Affiliation:
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and the University of New South Wales, RandwickNSW2031, Australia

Abstract

There is little to refute in Collerton et al.'s argument that recurrent complex visual hallucinations involve multiple physiological mechanisms, and the target article's proposed PAD model implicitly incorporates this concept, advancing the field. The novel concept in this model is the intrusion of hallucinatory proto-objects into relatively preserved scenes. The weakness of the model is the lack of physiological detail for this mechanism.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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