Open AccessHallucinations of musical notation
Author(s) -
Oliver Sacks
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
brain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.142
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1460-2156
pISSN - 0006-8950
DOI - 10.1093/brain/awt057
Subject(s) - notation , variety (cybernetics) , musical notation , musical , psychology , disease , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , linguistics , medicine , philosophy , computer science , art , literature , artificial intelligence , pathology
Hallucinations of musical notation may occur in a variety of conditions, including Charles Bonnet syndrome, Parkinson's disease, fever, intoxications, hypnagogic and hypnopompic states. Eight cases are described here, and their possible cerebral mechanisms discussed.
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