Abstract Visual hallucinations (VHs) occur across psychedelic states and diverse psychiatric and neurological conditions, yet their phenomenology remains difficult to characterise. Empirical research on VHs is hindered by the lack of large-scale phenomenological datasets, which limits both mechanistic accounts and the systematic characterisation of when and how they arise. Stroboscopic light...
Exposure to rapid and bright stroboscopic light has long been reported to induce vivid visual hallucinations of colour and geometric formations. This phenomenon was first documented by Purkinje over 200 years ago. Since then, significant progress has been made in understanding the effects of stroboscopic light and the experiences it induces through multiple waves of interest from the...