F Stephan

[Negative hallucination, self-consciousness and ageing].

L'Encephale April 2015 C Hazif-Thomas, F Stephan, M Walter et al.

Negative hallucinations are characterized by a defect in perception of an object or a person, or a denial of the existence of their perception. Negative hallucinations create blank spaces, due to both an impossible representation and an incapability of investment in reality. They have a close relationship with Cotard's syndrome, delusional theme of organ denial observed in melancholic syndromes...