pseudohallucination
- noun
- /ˌsuːdoʊhəˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/
- Specialized
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pseudohalucinación
- Normal perception and imagination may be seen as physiological forms, whereas hallucinations and pseudohallucinations mostly appear in different pathological situations, although, of course, their presence by no means proves the existence of a psychiatric disease.
Examples
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Pseudohallucinations are an interesting phenomenon as they demonstrate that a deficit in ordinary perceptions may also induce hallucinatory experiences, mostly because pseudohallucinations are not adequately incorporated into the perceptual content.
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We call these hallucinations pseudohallucinations if clarity, intensity, and exteriority are comparable to hallucinations, with the only difference that they are not experienced as really existing.
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The concept of pseudohallucination has been discussed extensively in the past.
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Pseudohallucinations often occur after lesions of the primary projection cortex.
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A special issue is so-called pseudohallucinations, which are—in contrast to hallucinations—characterized by the patient's insight that the hallucinated image is unreal.
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During the therapy session, she described her experience of pseudohallucination, saying that she saw a vivid image of a person that she knew was not real.
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The symptoms included pseudohallucination, where the patient could see things that were lifelike but understood they were imaginary.
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In his report, he noted that the pseudohallucination felt incredibly real, yet he was aware that it was just a figment of his mind.
Synonyms
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A thing that seems real but is only in the mind, like a ghost
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A ghost-like figure that seems real but is not
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
pseudohallucination = hallucination (transparent) = pseudo + hallucination
The meaning is directly built from 'pseudo' meaning false and 'hallucination', so the word is readily interpretable from its parts.
Etymology
Pseudohallucination joins pseudo- (the same prefix as in pseudonym, meaning 'false') and hallucination ('seeing or hearing things that are not real'), so it means a vivid false perception that the person knows is not real.