Hallucination

A profound distortion in a person's perception of reality, typically accompanied by a powerful sense of reality.

An hallucination may be a sensory experience in which a person can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel something that is not there.</P> The types of hallucinations include: > >An auditory hallucination is an hallucination involving the sense of hearing.

Called also paracusia and paracusis.

>A gustatory hallucination is an hallucination involving the sense of taste.

>A hypnagogic hallucination is a vivid dreamlike hallucination at the onset of sleep.

>Hypnopompic hallucination is a vivid dreamlike hallucination on awakening.

>Kinesthetic hallucination is an hallucination involving the sense of bodily movement.

>Lilliputian hallucination is an hallucination in which things, people, or animals seem smaller than they would be in reality.

>Olfactory hallucination is an hallucination involving the sense of smell.

>Somatic hallucination is an hallucination involving the perception of a physical experience occurring with the body.

>Tactile hallucination is an hallucination involving the sense of touch.

>Visual hallucination is an hallucination involving the sense of sight.

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