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Hallucinations on Brain Stimulation: Evidence for Revision of the Penfield Hypothesis

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Visual or auditory hallucinations may accompany epileptic seizures or auras. Penfield reproduced such experiences by electrical stimulation of the temporal lohe cortex. We have found that similar hallucinatory experiences may arise from subcortical stimulation of the temporal lobe. The study of these events yields information pertinent to the processes involved in perception, imagery formation, and memory.

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  1. University of California Medical School, San Francisco, California, USA

    M. J. Horowitz

  2. U. of California, Med. Schl., California, USA

    J. E. Adams (Professor of Neurological Surgery)

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  1. Research Institute, Brooklyn State Hospital, 681 Clarkson Avenue, 11203, Brooklyn, N.Y., USA

    Wolfram Keup M.D. (Director of Research, Associate Cinical Professor of Psychiatry,Speaker and EPRA Program Chairman and President Elect.) (Director of Research, Associate Cinical Professor of Psychiatry,Speaker and EPRA Program Chairman and President Elect.)

  2. Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Wolfram Keup M.D. (Director of Research, Associate Cinical Professor of Psychiatry,Speaker and EPRA Program Chairman and President Elect.) (Director of Research, Associate Cinical Professor of Psychiatry,Speaker and EPRA Program Chairman and President Elect.)

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Horowitz, M.J., Adams, J.E. (1970). Hallucinations on Brain Stimulation: Evidence for Revision of the Penfield Hypothesis. In: Keup, W. (eds) Origin and Mechanisms of Hallucinations. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8645-6_2

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