Hallucination

toc = = = Definition: = An imaginary sensation. Gen Psych, Chapter 12, Pg. 394

= Examples: = Hearing voices is the most common example of hallucinations, but people can also see, hear, feel, taste, or smell strange things in absence of any stimulus in the environment. A distortion of any/all of your five senses causing you to experience things that aren't actually happening.

= Analogies: = Hallucinations are like imaging stuff .. you can see, hear, feel, or taste things others cannot.

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