This article reviews historically significant phenomenological studies of visual mental imagery (VMI), starting with Fechner in 1860 and continuing to the present. This synthesis of diverse VMI phenomenological studies in healthy adults serves as a unique resource for investigators of individual differences, cognitive development and clinical and neurological conditions. The review focuses on...
NeurologyApril 6, 2015Jeffrey Kornitzer, Michelle Philips, David F. Marks et al.
OBJECTIVE: In this case report, we relate a unique case of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome in a woman with a right temporo-parietal cavernoma. BACKGROUND: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) is a rare constellation of perceptual disturbances marked by distorted body image and metamorphopsia_ illusory changes in the form, size, distance, or color of stationary objects. Although the cause of AIWS is...
Subjective paranormal experience (SPE) has been a notable part of the human historical narrative. Alleged miracles, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, witchcraft, spiritualism, monsters and ghosts have received a supernatural interpretation. The incidence and prevalence of reported SPE remains at high levels in all populations investigated to date. Previous research on SPE has focused on...