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Hallucinations / Oliver Sacks.

Summary:

An investigation into the types, physiological sources, and cultural resonances of hallucinations. The author traces everything from the disorientations of sleep and intoxication to the manifestations of injury and illness.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307957245
  • Physical Description: xiv, 326 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Silent multitudes : Charles Bonnet Syndrome -- The prisoner's cinema : sensory deprivation -- A few nanograms of wine : hallucinatory smells -- Hearing things -- The illusions of Parkinsonism -- Altered states -- Patterns : visual migraines -- The "sacred" disease -- Bisected : hallucinations in the half-field -- Delirious -- On the threshold of sleep -- Narcolepsy and night hags -- The haunted mind -- Doppelgängers: hallucinating oneself -- Phantoms, shadows, and sensory ghosts.
Subject: Hallucinations and illusions
Cognition disorders
Perceptual disorders

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library 616.89 SAC 2012 (Text) 33892100050138 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Baker County Library 616.89 .S121h (Text) 37814002627843 NON-FICTION Available -
Columbia Gorge Community College Library PSYCHOLOGY SACKS 2012 (Text) 33892002463744 Main Collection Available -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande 616.89 S121 (Text) 35178001358954 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Harney County Library 616.89 SACKS (Text) 37720000472902 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Klamath Community College RC553 .H3 S23 2013 (Text) 3760301712 Main Collection Available -
Lake County Main Library - Lakeview 616.89 SACKS (Text) 37620000763252 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Milton-Freewater Public Library 616.89 Sacks (Text) 37862000285015 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Pendleton Public Library 616.89 Sa14 (Text) 37801000413581 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Southern Wasco County Library 616.89 SAC (Text) 33892004824398 NON-FICTION Available -


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