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Is 3-D Dead in the Water?
A box-office analysis.
Also in Slate, Daniel Engber and Dana Stevens debate whether 3-D makes movies any better to watch.
Another summer weekend, another 3-D blockbuster (Piranha 3-D), and yet one more round of industry speculation: Will newfangled stereographic technology save Hollywood? Or has the 3-D revival run its course?
Just a few months ago, Tim Burton's three-dimensional Alice in Wonderland pulled in $116 million in its opening weekend, and a few months before that, Avatar started its 3-D fueled, $3-billion rampage around the world. New 3-D projects were flushed into the pipeline, and industry executives joyfully asserted that the format brought with it a 20 percent boost in revenue. But in recent weeks, some observers have started wondering whether the 3-D bubble has already burst. Critics may have liked Piranha 3-D well enough, but the new creature feature earned just $10 million in its opening days—putting it in sixth place at the box office, behind flat-screened flicks like The Expendables and Eat Pray Love. Is 3-D dead in the water?
Exhibit A for the curmudgeons is the following chart, showing the opening-weekend revenue from 3-D theaters as a percentage of total revenue for a handful of recent releases:
According to Daniel Frankel of TheWrap.com, who published a version of the graph late last month, "no matter how it's spun, the data on the expected 3-D explosion just isn't going in the right direction." Hollywood isn't ready to give up, he reports, but there's serious concern over the downward slope. As one theater-chain executive told Frankel, "the truth is probably that not everything should be in 3-D."
In the cinema blogosophere, Frankel's numbers went viral. For Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times, they were evidence that "audiences are abandoning 3-D at an even faster rate than previously suspected. … They've come to realize that, with some exceptions, most Hollywood films simply aren't noticeably better in 3-D." Even big-budget directors are worried that exorbitant ticket prices and lousy products will take their toll: Avatar director James Cameron has warned repeatedly that poorly executed films—what he calls "2.5-D"—could ruin everything.
Maybe so, though you wouldn't know it from the chart shown above. There's no easy way to infer the viability of 3-D from opening weekend returns, but we can at least come up with a smarter approach to the problem. I've presented my own analysis below, based on a more careful parsing of the box-office numbers, and it looks to me that the revival is even worse off than we thought. Not only has the profitability of 3-D fallen in the past few months; it's in a slide that goes back years.
Before we get to that, let's review what makes the first chart so misleading. First of all, the data are incomplete. Fill in the gaps—one film released in Apriland three more from August—and you get a very different picture:
But don't be fooled into thinking that 3-D is making a comeback-within-a-comeback. As defenders of the industry have already pointed out, the numbers plotted above—3-D revenue as a proportion of total revenue—aren't likely to reflect consumer demand. They have more to do with the number of 3-D theaters that happen to be available at any given time. A movie that gets shown on a few thousand RealD screens is going to make a lot more money (and a higher percentage of its gross) from 3-D than one that gets shown on a few hundred.
Here's an example: Avatar opened last December in 3,450 theaters nationwide; Despicable Me opened this past July at 3,475 theaters. Sounds about the same, except Avatar had a much bigger presence in 3-D venues—some 2,000 of its showings were set up for stereo projection, compared to 1,550 for Despicable Me. (The latter had to compete for screen time with Toy Story 3 and The Last Airbender.) Given that spread, it's no wonder that Avatar got a higher proportion of its revenue from premium showings.
If we really want to see what's going on with the 3-D revival, we'll have to consider both revenue and capacity. One way to do this is by asking whether 3-D screenings are doing better or worse than 2-D screenings on a per-movie, per-screen basis. The idea is simple: When Avatar opened, how much money was it making, on average, from each 3-D theater, and how much was it making, on average, from each 2-D theater? The ratio between those two numbers gives a sense of what extra money could be squeezed from the 3-D premium.
(To put it another way: If half of a movie's screenings were in 2-D, and the other half in 3-D, which half would take in more money—and by how much?)
Let's go back to Avatar and Despicable Me. The former earned, in its opening weekend, $26,800 for every theater that showed the film in 3-D, and $15,800 for each one that screened in 2-D. We might assume that if the film's backers had converted any one of those flat-screen showings to a 3-D projection, they would have realized an additional profit of $11,000—or an extra 70 percent.
What about Despicable Me? That movie took in $16,400 for each 3-D theater in its opening weekend, versus $16,100 for each one that showed it in flat format. If the studio and theater chains had upgraded one 2-D screening of Despicable Me to the fancier format, their added profit would have been just $300—or 2 percent.


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I have some good news for the jak and daxter fans out dear A NEW GAME IS COMING UP !!! even do thei are al rumors it is a bit confirmed by Naughty dog that thei are gone make a new game from our 2 heros .
However their is bad side about the story..because of the economy crisis thei had sold the user right,s from the game to a other game enterprise and that have make a BIG !!smuch on the jak and daxter name... thei have made games as the lost frontier and such ..but Naught dog is from plan to give the game a last chance even after the dilema that the game hase come to.
Naught dog is from plan to give jak and daxter a Uncharted leason twist on the game so it a suprise if the game comes up ^^ but agian Naught dog is not from plan to proceed the story from the lost frontier or jak X (it is a pity ) thei are gone first finisht the game: the last of us (that is all ready on the maket)and see if the uncharted group are gone help whit jak and daxter series.
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You're probably right about the sinister motive - but I do think that if he is pushing for the game to work and act more closely then this isn't the way to go about it.
Pass. Only those party to the meeting and the vote will know the truth of what was debated and what was agreed. OK has a bit of a knack of shooting from the hip with passion, without necessarily stopping to think or check facts, from my direct experience. So I'd not necessarily rush to ascribe any sinister motives when the explanation may actually be much simpler.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Last year, a friend forwarded to me an email about giving Christmas gifts that kept U.S. dollars at home.
Like the local-foods trend, the email suggested spending our Christmas money on gifts locally made or grown or sold in small hometown stores.
"Every dollar we spend at a small local store is turned over three more times before it leaves. Every dollar spent at a large chain store or online is gone from here forever," the email points out.
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NBA superstar LeBron James is now a part owner of English Premiere League football (soccer) team Liverpool FC. What?
It seems King James made that deal when his marketing company struck a deal for international representation with Fenway Sports, which owns the Boston Red Sox....and Liverpool FC! I'm not a particular fan of Lebron (though he's great) or of the Red Sox (though they've been great) but I love Liverpool (not so great right now)
I just sat in a stadium in Birmingham, England LAST SATURDAY and watched Liverpool play against and lose to a team called West Bromwich Albion. I was in the 2nd row! This picture was taken from my seat before the game (match).
Liverpool is one of the greatest teams in England, heck in the world..but not lately. The Reds from Merseyside have struggled. The fans are hoping that the newer American owners will do a better job of turning things around than the old American owners did. They've already made a couple of big deals..selling one huge star for tens of millions of pounds and using that money to buy a couple of other huge (expensive) stars. Here's one of them, Uruguayan Luis Suarez on the left...again, picture taken from my seat!
Liverpool has won the English league title as much as any other team...but not since 1990! They are not at the top of their game, but here's why I think LeBron James made a good decision. The world loves soccer (except for us in the U.S.). Asian countries seem to particularly love the English Premiere League. In fact Liverpool just announced a summer exhibition tour to China, Malaysia and South Korea. Instead of being all but ignored with a U.S tour they'll be making new fans in Asia. It takes money to make money..and if I had LeBron James money I'd buy part of Liverpool too.
Here's one last picture of my English equivalent to court-side seats at a Miami Heat game.
The British soccer cynics are already all over this deal, dismissing it as silly and meaningless to a struggling former powerhouse of a team. Maybe they're right but I hope they're wrong. Maybe if LeBron James starts talking soccer (Kobe Bryant is a huge fan) then more Americans will appreciate a great sport.
Some reports indicate that there's no word on when LeBron will actually go to Anfield (Liverpool's home stadium) to see a game (match). I think there's a chance, a small chance, that I may get there before he does. I won't have seats as good as the ones I had in Birmingham...but LeBron will!
We'll talk again soon .
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(a) Disability or death; injuries occurring upon navigable waters of United States
Except as otherwise provided in this section, compensation shall be payable under this chapter in respect of disability or death of an employee, but only if the disability or death results from an injury occurring upon the navigable waters of the United States (including any adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal, building way, marine railway, or other adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, dismantling, or building a vessel).
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No compensation shall be payable in respect of the disability or death of an officer or employee of the United States, or any agency thereof, or of any State or foreign government, or any subdivision thereof.
(c) Intoxication; willful intention to kill
No compensation shall be payable if the injury was occasioned solely by the intoxication of the employee or by the willful intention of the employee to injure or kill himself or another.
(d) Small vessels
(1) No compensation shall be payable to an employee employed at a facility of an employer if, as certified by the Secretary, the facility is engaged in the business of building, repairing, or dismantling exclusively small vessels (as defined in paragraph (3) of this subsection), unless the injury occurs while upon the navigable waters of the United States or while upon any adjoining pier, wharf, dock, facility over land for launching vessels, or facility over land for hauling, lifting, or drydocking vessels.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), compensation shall be payable to an employee—
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(B) a commercial tugboat, towboat, crew boat, supply boat, fishing vessel, or other work vessel which is under 1,600 tons gross as measured under section 14502 of title 46, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title.
(e) Credit for benefits paid under other laws
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts paid to an employee for the same injury, disability, or death for which benefits are claimed under this chapter pursuant to any other workers' compensation law or section 30104 of title 46 shall be credited against any liability imposed by this chapter.
Source(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 3,44 Stat. 1426; Pub. L. 92–576, §§ 2(c), 21,Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1251, 1265; Pub. L. 98–426, § 3,Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1640; Pub. L. 104–324, title VII, § 703,Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3933.)
In subsec. (e), "section 30104 of title 46" substituted for "section 20 of the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1185, chapter 153; 46 U.S.C. 688) (relating to recovery for injury to or death of seamen)" on authority of Pub. L. 109–304, § 18(c),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1709, which Act enacted section 30104 of Title 46, Shipping.
1996—Subsec. (d)(3)(B). Pub. L. 104–324inserted before period at end "as measured under section 14502 of title 46, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title".
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–426, § 3(a), inserted introductory language relating to exceptions provided for elsewhere in this section, redesignated existing par. (1) as subsec. (b), and struck out existing par. (2) which had excepted from coverage masters and crew members or persons engaged by such masters or crew members to load, unload, or repair vessels under 18 tons net.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–426, § 3(a), redesignated as subsec. (b) provisions formerly set out in subsec. (a)(2). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).
Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 98–426, § 3(a), (b), redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c) and added subsecs. (d) and (e).
1972—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–576, § 2(c), substituted provisions respecting coverage of injuries occurring upon navigable waters of the United States, including any adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal, building way, marine railway, or other adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel, for prior provisions respecting coverage of such injuries upon navigable waters and if recovery for the disability or death through workmen's compensation proceedings may not validly be provided by State law.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92–576, § 21, substituted "or" for "nor" before "any person engaged by the master".
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by section 3(a) ofPub. L. 98–426applicable with respect to any injury after Sept. 28, 1984, and amendment by section 3(b) ofPub. L. 98–426effective Sept. 28, 1984, and applicable both with respect to claims filed after Sept. 28, 1984, and to claims pending on that date, see section 28(a), (c) ofPub. L. 98–426, set out as a note under section 901 of this title.
Effective Date of 1972 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 92–576effective 30 days after Oct. 27, 1972, see section 22 ofPub. L. 92–576, set out as a note under section 902 of this title.
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It's a really weird venue — there's floor seating on the bottom where the camera crew/photographers are going to be, but we're up in a mezzanine-type level slightly raised above the stage. They're showing Nintendo trivia on the big screens to keep us occupied. Somebody from Nintendo just took my picture with a DSi. Why? Why do I get the feeling it's going to end up on the big screen, too?8:33: Preconference musings. I wonder if Nintendo will say anything about Microsoft's camera. Last year, Nintendo was clearly anticipating that Microsoft would launch a motion controller to compete with Wii, and now they've finally done it — curious if there will be any response.8:36: Haha, so apparently NeoGAF ran some Photoshop analysis on the photos of Nintendo's curtain-covered E3 booth, and found an old-school Super Mario Bros. logo. I'd say that confirms Nikkei's report. (Unless it's New Super Mario Bros. 2 for DS or something.)8:39: The trivia's repeating now. What Nintendo franchise has sold the most games combined worldwide? Answer: Mario. Damn straight.8:40: So yeah, I'm running on about four hours of sleep. Microsoft threw a Beatles Rock Band party on the rooftop of The Standard hotel last night, with predictable results. Singing vocal harmonies is a really great addition, even though it can be hard. "I Feel Fine": not difficult. "Day Tripper": quite difficult.8:54: If that old-school Super Mario Bros logo was really for a Wii game, would that signal a New Super Mario Bros-style return to old-school gameplay? Certainly that would be a smart idea if Nintendo is trying to have a similar casual-focused Wii Mario game, something that sells millions of copies in Japan alone. Nintendo has really got to re-energise that market, and a properly designed Mario game has as much a chance as anything. I just hope Nintendo isn't rushing it to shelves because of the extra pressure.8:58: "Princess Peach" wasn't in Super Mario Bros 2, mister trivia question on the big screen. I won't stand for this revisionist history.9:00: And the trivia disappears from the screens. That's a good sign. Let's get ready to rumble.9:03: Opening sizzle videos kick in. Mercifully brief. Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo's EVP of sales and marketing, takes the stage. She greets the people "watching online." Hi, you guys!9:06: Today, says Dunaway, Nintendo will bring us two kinds of surprises: The big kind, and the kind that's hidden — "where you thought there weren't any (surprises) left." She's kicking off with a recap of Mario's greatest hits. Looks like we're seeing this new game first.9:08: New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It's a four-player game, something that Dunaway says Shigeru Miyamoto has been thinking about for 15 years. They're all going to play together. Mario, Luigi, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad. It's a side-scrolling, four-player Mario game that looks like the Nintendo DS version but with Wii graphics. Looks like a lot of fun — kind of like how Zelda Four Swords is both cooperative and competitive. You can start in single-player mode and switch to multiplayer whenever you want.9:12: At the end of the level, all your coins, points, etc., are tallied up and you get ranked by performance. Dunaway: This can be played on the show floor and will launch worldwide this holiday season.9:14: Wii Fit time. Dunaway talks up the success of the game, introduces Wii Fit Plus. New version helps you find a specific workout routine that's right for you, she says. There's a "locker room" that "lets you be your own personal trainer." You can combine exercises, do 30 or 40 minutes of exercise at once without all the interludes. Sounds like they've changed a lot of the things people have complained about. Fifteen new balance games. 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A hallucination, in the broadest sense, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space. These definitions distinguish hallucinations from the related phenomena of dreaming, which does not involve consciousness; illusion, which involves distorted or misinterpreted real perception; imagery, which does not mimic real perception and is under voluntary control; and pseudohallucination, which does not mimic real perception, but is not under voluntary control.[1] Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpreted genuine perception is given some additional (and typically bizarre) significance.
Hallucinations may occur in any sensory modality — visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, proprioceptive, equilibrioceptive, nociceptive, and thermoceptive.
A mild form of hallucination is known as a disturbance, and can occur in any of the senses above. These may be things like seeing movement in peripheral vision, or hearing faint noises and voices.
Hypnagogic hallucinations and hypnopompic hallucinations are considered normal phenomena. Hypnagogic hallucinations can occur as one is falling asleep and hypnopompic hallucinations occur when one is waking up. Hallucinations may also be associated with drug or alcohol use (particularly deliriants), sleep deprivation, psychosis, neurological disorders, and delirium tremens.
Studies have shown that hallucinatory experiences take place worldwide. One study from as early as 1894[2] reported that approximately 10% of the population experienced hallucinations. A 1996-1999 survey of over 13,000 people[3] reported a much higher figure, with almost 39% of people reporting hallucinatory experiences, 27% of which were daytime hallucinations, mostly outside the context of illness or drug use. From this survey, olfactory (smell) and gustatory (taste) hallucinations seem the most common in the general population.
Types of hallucination
Auditory hallucinations
Auditory hallucinations (also known as Paracusia),[4]are the perception of sound without outside stimulus. Auditory hallucinations can be divided into two categories: elementary and complex. Elementary hallucinations are the perception of sounds such as hissing, whistling, an extended tone, and more. In many cases, tinnitus is an elementary auditory hallucination. However, some people who experience certain types of tinnitus, especially pulsatile tinnitus, are actually hearing the blood rushing through vessels near the ear, and are frequently misdiagnosed.
Complex hallucinations are those of voices, music, or other sounds which may or may not be clear, may be familiar or completely unfamiliar, and friendly or aggressive, among other possibilities. Hallucinations of one or more talking voices, are particularly associated with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, and hold special significance in diagnosing these conditions. However, many people not suffering from diagnosable mental illness may sometimes hear voices as well.[5] One important example to consider when forming a differential diagnosis for a patient with paracusia is lateral temporal lobe epilepsy. Despite the tendency to associate hearing voices, or otherwise hallucinating, and psychosis with schizophrenia or other psychiatric illnesses, it is crucial to take into consideration that even if a person does exhibit psychotic features, they do not necessarily suffer from a psychiatric disorder on its own. Disorders such as Wilson's disease, various endocrinological disorders, numerous metabolic disturbances, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosis, porphyria, sarcoidosis, and many others can present with psychosis.
Musical hallucinations are also relatively common in terms of complex auditory hallucinations and may be the result of a wide range of causes ranging from hearing-loss (such as in Musical Ear Syndrome), lateral temporal lobe epilepsy, arteriovenous malformation[6], stroke, lesion, or tumor.
The Hearing Voices Movement is a support and advocacy group for people who hallucinate voices, but do not otherwise show signs of mental illness or impairment.
Olfactory hallucinations
Phantosmia is the phenomenon of smelling odors that aren't really present. The most common odors are unpleasant smells such as rotting flesh, vomit, urine, feces, smoke, etc. Phantosmia often results from damage to the nervous tissue in the olfactory system. The damage can be caused by viral infection, brain tumor, trauma, surgery, and possibly exposure to toxins or drugs.[7] Phantosmia can also be induced by epilepsy, particularly medial temporal lobe epilepsy, because of the excitability of the temporal lobes and the amount of olfactory input received by the amygdala, entorhinal cortex, and piriform cortex. Phantosmia is not the same as parosmia, in which a stimulus is present but the perception and/or interpretation of the smell is distorted.
Proproceptive hallucinations
Tactile hallucinations
Tactile hallucinations create the sensation of tactile sensory input, simulating various types of pressure to the skin or other organs. A subtype of tactile hallucination that creates the sensation of insects crawling underneath the skin, called formication, is often associated with prolonged cocaine or amphetamine use or with withdrawal from alcohol or Benzodiazepines. However, formication may also be the result of major hormonal changes (such as menopause), peripheral neuropathy, high fevers, Lyme disease, skin cancer, and more.
Visual hallucinations
Scientific explanations
Various theories have been put forward to explain the occurrence of hallucinations. When psychodynamic (Freudian) theories were popular in psychiatry, hallucinations were seen as a projection of unconscious wishes, thoughts and wants. As biological theories have become orthodox, hallucinations are more often thought of (by psychiatrists at least) as being caused by functional deficits in the brain. With reference to mental illness, the function (or dysfunction) of the neurotransmitter dopamine is thought to be particularly important[8].
Psychological research has argued that hallucinations may result from biases in what are known as metacognitive abilities[9]. These are abilities that allow us to monitor or draw inferences from our own internal psychological states (such as intentions, memories, beliefs and thoughts). The ability to discriminate between self-generated and external sources of information is considered to be an important metacognitive skill and one which may break down to cause hallucinatory experiences. Projection of an internal state or a person's own reaction to another may arise in the form of hallucinations, especially auditory hallucinations. A few scientists have argued that such hallucinations may be the result of other conscious thoughts.
Visual Hallucination Subtypes
Peduncular Hallucinosis
Peduncular means pertaining to the peduncle, which is a name given to a neural tract running to and from the pons. These hallucinations occur most often in the evenings, but not during drowsiness as in the case of hypnagogic hallucination as described above. The subject is usually fully conscious and can interact with the hallucinatory characters for extended periods of time. As in the case of hypnagogic hallucinations, insight into the nature of the images remains intact. The false images can occur in any part of the visual field, and are rarely polymodal. [10].
Delirium Tremens
One of the most enigmatic forms of visual hallucinations are the highly variable, possibly polymodal Delirium Tremens, which is a form of withdrawal from alcohol in people with late-stage alcoholism. As the name suggests, the subject is usually agitated and confused, especially in the later stages of this disease. Insight is gradually reduced with the progression of this disorder. Sleep is disturbed and occurs for a shorter period of time, with REM overflow. [11].
Parkinson's disease and Lewy body Dementia
Parkinson's disease is linked with Lewy body Dementia for their similar hallucinatory symptoms. The symptoms strike during the evening in any part of the visual field and are rarely polymodal. The segue into hallucinations may start with illusions [12] where sensory perception is greatly distorted, but no novel sensory information is present. These typically last for several minutes, during which time the subject may be either conscious and normal or drowsy/inaccessible. Insight into these hallucinations is usually preserved and REM sleep is usually reduced. Parkinson's disease is usually associated with a degraded substantia nigra pars compacta, but recent evidence suggests that PD affects a number of sites in the brain. Some places of noted degradation include the median raphe nuclei, the noradrenergic parts of the locus coeruleus and the cholinergic neurons in the parabrachial and pedunculopontine nuclei of the tegmentum. [13].
Migraine Coma
This type of hallucination is usually experienced during the recovery from a comatose state. The migraine coma can last for up to two days and a state of depression is sometimes comorbid. The hallucinations occur during states of full consciousness and insight into the hallucinatory nature of the images is preserved. It has been noted that ataxic lesions accompany the migraine coma.[14].
Charles Bonnet Syndrome
Charles Bonnet Syndrome is the name given to visual hallucinations experienced by blind patients. The hallucinations can usually be dispersed by opening or closing the eyelids until the visual images disappear. The hallucinations usually occur during the morning or evening, but are not dependent on low light conditions. These prolonged hallucinations usually do not disturb the patients very much as they are aware that they are hallucinating. [15].
Focal epilepsy
Visual hallucinations due to focal seizures differ depending on the region of the brain where the seizure occurs. For example, visual hallucinations during occipital lobe seizures are typically visions of brightly colored, geometric shapes that may move across the visual field, multiply, or form concentric rings and generally persist from a few seconds to a few minutes. They are usually unilateral and localized to one part of the visual field on the ipsilateral side of the seizure focus, typically the temporal field. However, unilateral visions moving horizontally across the visual field begin on the contralateral side and move towards the ipsilateral side.[16]
Temporal lobe seizures, on the other hand, can produce complex visual hallucinations of people, scenes, animals, and more as well as distortions of visual perception. Complex hallucinations may appear real or unreal, may or may not be distorted with respect to size, and may seem disturbing or affable, among other variables. One rare but notable type of hallucination is heautoscopy, a hallucination of a mirror image of one's self. These "other selves" may be perfectly still or performing complex tasks, may be an image of a younger self or the present self, and tend to be only briefly present. Complex hallucinations are a relatively uncommon finding in temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Rarely, they may occur during occipital focal seizures or in parietal lobe seizures.[16]
thumb|400px|right|Some examples of the dolly zoom effect simulating a type of visual illusion that a focal seizure may produce. Distortions in visual perception during a temporal lobe seizure may include size distortion (micropsia or macropsia), distorted perception of movement (where moving objects may appear to be moving very slowly or to be perfectly still), a sense that surfaces such as ceilings and even entire horizons are moving farther away in a fashion similar to the dolly zoom effect, and other illusions.[17] Even when consciousness is impaired, insight into the hallucination or illusion is typically preserved.
See also
- Apparitional experience
- Closed-eye hallucination
- Delusion
- Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)
- Focal seizures
- Folie à deux
- Form constant
- Hallucinations in everyday life
- Hearing Voices Movement
- Illusion
- Near death experience
- Phantom eye syndrome
- Psychosis
- Salvia Divinorum
- Simulated reality
External links
- Hearing Voices Network
- Visual hallucinations during migraine
- "Anthropology and Hallucinations", chapter from The Making of Religion
- "The voice inside: A practical guide to coping with hearing voices"
Further reading
- Johnson, Fred H. (1978). The Anatomy of Hallucinations. Nelson-Hall.
- Slade, P.D. and Bentall, R.P. (1988). Sensory Deception: a scientific analysis of hallucination. London: Croom Helm.
- ↑ Leo P. W. Chiu (1989). Differential diagnosis and management of hallucinations. Journal of the Hong Kong Medical Association 41 (3): 292–297.
- ↑ Sidgwick, H., Johnson, A, Myers, FWH et al (1894) Report on the census of hallucinations. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 34, 25-394.
- ↑ Ohayon MM. (2000) Prevalence of hallucinations and their pathological associations in the general population. Psychiatry Research, 97(2-3), 153-64.
- ↑ Medical dictionary.
- ↑ Thompson, Andrea Hearing Voices: Some People Like It. LiveScience.com. URL accessed on 2006-11-25.
- ↑ Murat Ozsarac, Ersin Aksay, Selahattin Kiyan, Orkun Unek, F. Feray Gulec, De Novo Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation: Pink Floyd's Song 'Brick in the Wall' as a Warning Sign, The Journal of Emergency Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 August 2009, ISSN 0736-4679, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.035.
- ↑ Phantom smells
- ↑ Kapur S. (2003) Psychosis as a state of aberrant salience: a framework linking biology, phenomenology, and pharmacology in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160(1), 13-23.
- ↑ Bentall RP. (1990) The illusion of reality: a review and integration of psychological research on hallucinations. Psychological Bulletin, 107(1), 82-95.
- ↑ Manford and Andermann (1998) Complex visual hallucinations. Clinical and Neurobiological insightsBrain, 121(10), 1819-1840.
- ↑ Manford and Andermann (1998) Complex visual hallucinations. Clinical and Neurobiological insightsBrain, 121(10), 1819-1840.
- ↑ Mark Derr (2006) Marilyn and Me, "The New York Times" Feb. 14th, 2006
- ↑ Manford and Andermann (1998) Complex visual hallucinations. Clinical and Neurobiological insightsBrain, 121(10), 1819-1840.
- ↑ Manford and Andermann (1998) Complex visual hallucinations. Clinical and Neurobiological insightsBrain, 121(10), 1819-1840.
- ↑ Manford and Andermann (1998) Complex visual hallucinations. Clinical and Neurobiological insightsBrain, 121(10), 1819-1840.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P. A clinical guide to epileptic syndromes and their treatment: based on the ILAE classification and practice parameter guidelines. 2. ed. London: Springer, 2007.
- ↑ Bien CG, Benninger FO, Urbach H, Schramm J, Kurthen M, Elger CE (2000) Localizing value of epileptic visual auras. Brain 123:244–253 PubMed
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- 1 September: Katie Bell, Cormac McLaggen, Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe begin attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and are sorted into Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, respectively.[citation needed]
- Cornelius Fudge becomes Minister for Magic.[citation needed]
- The 421st Quidditch World Cup is held. After a five-day-long final, Canada defeats Scotland. In a post-match interview, Scottish Seeker Hector Lamont famously blames his father, "Stubby" Lamont, for not giving him longer fingers.[1]
- Charity Burbage becomes the new Muggle Studies Professor after Quirinus Quirrell quits.[citation needed]
- Pollux Black, grandfather of Sirius Black III, dies.[citation needed]
- Mrs. Lovegood, Luna Lovegood's mother, dies in a freak-accident.[citation needed]
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- 13 February: Tom Moorcroft, who portrayed Regulus Black, is born.[citation needed]
- 28 February: Georgina Leonidas, who plays Gryffindor student Katie Bell, is born.[citation needed]
- 15 April: Actress Emma Watson, who portrays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, is born.[2]
- 6 October: Actress Scarlett Byrne, who portrays Pansy Parkinson in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is born.[citation needed]
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