Immersive virtual reality experiences can reproduce visual hallucination effects, miming those induced by the use of psychedelic substances.

WASHINGTON — Patients who have experienced brain injuries that are multiple, bilateral, severe or diffuse may present with undiagnosed visual hallucinations, according to a poster presented at ...

Hallucinations are unreal sensory experiences, such as hearing or seeing something that is not there. Any of our five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch) can be involved. Most often, when we ...

Are hallucinations common in individuals with dementia? Changes in the brain because of the progression of the disease produce false perceptions of objects or experiences. Visual hallucinations, most ...

A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience shows how flickering light can cause hallucinations in our brain: it produces "standing waves" of brain activity. The work is published in ...