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On pseudo-hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

F. Kräupl Taylor*
Affiliation:
Emeritus Physician, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London
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1Address for correspondence: Dr F. Kräupl Taylor, 22 Redington Road, London NW3 7RG.

Synopsis

The term ‘pseudo-hallucination’ has received two incompatible definitions. It can refer either to self-recognized hallucinations (exterocepted or interocepted) or to introspected images of great vividness and spontaneity. It is argued that the phenomena to which the two definitions refer might best be distinguished as perceived and imaged pseudo-hallucinations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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