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05 Feb 08
clizzin~10% of blind people hallucinate in what is called Charles Bonnet syndrome.
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04 Feb 08
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Charles Bonnet syndrome
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"The brain is doing a mash-up of stored visual memories," says Trobe. When visual cells in the brain stop getting information — which happens when your rods and cones stop working — the cells compensate, he explains. If there's no data coming in, they make up images. They hallucinate.
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In 2004, scientists at Harvard blindfolded normal, sighted people, and within hours many of them began to see imaginary landscapes, patterns and occasionally people.
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Very often, says Trobe, elderly patients are afraid to mention these appearances, fearing that family members or doctors will think them mentally unstable.
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31 Jan 08
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