Overview
Gathers for the first time in one volume cutting-edge hallucination research from different areas of neuroscience
Presents a state-of-the-art review of the hallucinatory phenomenon, from molecular to cognitive levels, including neuroimaging, computational, and innovative therapeutic aspects
Offers the vast multidisciplinary neuroscientific, psychological, and medical community an evidence-based model of the phenomenon
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Brain-Imaging Insight into Hallucinations
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Innovative Therapeutic Approaches of Hallucinations
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Reviews
“Psychiatrists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, clinical psychologists and pharmacologists will welcome The Neuroscience of Hallucinations as a vital guide to the current state and promising future of their shared field. All researchers who are interested in the brain and behavior will expand their knowledge base reading this superb book. Neuroscience of Hallucinations represents an excellent, unique book, which is a real treat for all experts frm the field of neuroscience, clinicians as well as basic scientists.” (Prof. Dalibor Karlović, Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, Vol. 51 (2), 2015)
“This volume provides a unique, comprehensive, multifaceted perspective on hallucinations. The editors have brought together an international cast of authors to provide 27 chapters, organized into 5 parts. … Clinicians may particularly enjoy learning more about the assessment of hallucinations. … The Neuroscience of Hallucinations provides a welcome and valuable collection of works on hallucinatory experience that is unprecedented in its scope.” (Robert M. Bilder, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vol. 26 (5), August, 2013)
“This superb book summarizes the state of neuroscience of the fascinating phenomenon of hallucinations. … this is a welcome addition to psychiatry and clinical neuroscience. … the editors and chapter authors have produced a brilliant review of the latest research in this burgeoning area. … psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and graduate students would benefit from this timely and comprehensive review. … All researchers who are interested in the brain and behavior will expand their knowledge base reading this superb book.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Arnaud Cachia, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Neurosciences at Université Paris Descartes, affiliated with the Center for Psychiatry and Neurosciences (INSERM, Ste-Anne Hospital) and the Laboratory for the Psychology of Child Development and Education (CNRS, Sorbonne).
Pierre Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the Lille North of France University School of Medicine and Co-Research Director of the “Hallucinations & Delusions” team in the Functional Neuroscience and Disorders Laboratory (Lille, France).
Delphine Pins, Ph.D., is a CNRS researcher at the Functional Neurosciences and Disorders Laboratory (Lille, France), where she is Co-Research Director of the “Hallucinations & Delusions” team.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Neuroscience of Hallucinations
Editors: Renaud Jardri, Arnaud Cachia, Pierre Thomas, Delphine Pins
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4121-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4120-5Published: 26 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0049-7Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4121-2Published: 25 September 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 566
Topics: Psychiatry, Cognitive Psychology, Neurosciences, Neuropsychology