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Oliver Sacks: Hvad hallucination afslører om vores sind

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• February 2009

Neurolog og forfatter Oliver Sacks henleder vores opmærksomhed på Charles Bonnetts syndrom -- hvor synshæmmede oplever lysende klare hallucinationer. Han fortæller hjertevarmt og detaljeret om sine patienters oplevelser og leder os igennem biologien bag dette underrapporterede fænomen.

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Neurolog og forfatter Oliver Sacks henleder vores opmærksomhed på Charles Bonnetts syndrom -- hvor synshæmmede oplever lysende klare hallucinationer. Han fortæller hjertevarmt og detaljeret om sine patienters oplevelser og leder os igennem biologien bag dette underrapporterede fænomen.

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Neurological anthropologist

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Since "Awakenings" stormed the bestseller lists (and the silver screen), Oliver Sacks has become an unlikely household name, single-handedly inventing the genre of neurological anthropology.

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Hallucinations

Oliver Sacks | Vintage (2013)

Oliver Sacks - *Hallucinations*

Oliver Sacks' published works

The neurologist's highly accessible writing on the human brain — 12 books, more than 100 articles and counting — is collected at oliversacks.com.

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