Hallucination refers to an abnormal sensory experience that arises in the absence of a direct external stimulus, and which has the qualities of a normal percept and is experienced as real and usually in external space.
Hallucinations may occur in any sensory modality.
Other /More definition:
Hallucination is defined as a report of an experience in the absence of any apparent stimulation. It is an imaginary sensation, such as seeing, hearing, or smelling something that does not exist in the external world.
Related Articles | |
| Hallucinations at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■■■ |
Hallucinations refer to sensory or perceptual experiences that happen without any external stimulusOther . . . Read More | |
| Agnosia at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Agnosia refers to the inability to identify objects, inability to organise sensory information so as . . . Read More | |
| Impressions at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Impressions is a term according to Hume that refers to the relatively strong mental experiences caused . . . Read More | |
| Aerophobia at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Aerophobia refers to the fear of flying or fear of air. It is an abnormal fear of air and gases (particularly . . . Read More | |
| Culture-Bound Syndromes at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Culture-Bound Syndromes refer to recurrent patterns of maladaptive behaviors and/or troubling experiences . . . Read More | |
| Illusion at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Illusion refers to an abnormal perception caused by a sensory misinterpretation of and actual stimulus, . . . Read More | |
| Agoraphobia at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Agoraphobia refers to the fear of public places or open spacesagoraphobics try to avoid being in situations . . . Read More | |
| Awareness at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Awareness characterizes the events in one’s experience that have been symbolized and therefore have . . . Read More | |
| Empathy at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Empathy refers to identification with or sharing of another's feelings, situation, or attitudes nad ist . . . Read More | |
| Feeling at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Feeling refers to a function of personality in which individuals attend to subjective experiences of . . . Read More | |