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Seeing when you're blind

All In The Mind

Understanding Visual Hallucinations in Blind Individuals

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This chapter explores the mechanism behind visual hallucinations in blind individuals, similar to phantom limb syndrome. It discusses the deafferentation hypothesis, which suggests that loss of nerve signal input leads to physical and biochemical changes in cells, increasing spontaneous firing and causing hallucinations. The nature of hallucinations in Charles Bonnet's syndrome is also discussed, including the impact of deafferentation in different areas of the visual cortex.

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