From stroboscope to dream machine: A history of flicker-induced hallucinations

European Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 316-320

  Ter Meulen, B C ^a   Tavy, D ^a   Jacobs, B C ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beat Generation; Electroencephalogram; Hallucinations; Photic driving

Indexed keywords

CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; DREAM MACHINE; HUMAN; MACHINE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROBOSCOPE; STROBOSCOPY; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HALLUCINATION; HISTORY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HALLUCINATIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STROBOSCOPY;

EID: 69549104646     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235945     Document Type: Review

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