title: Picasso's migraine: Illusory cubist splitting or illusion?
abstract: It is widely believed that Pablo Picasso suffered from migraine. The main cause for this is our suggestion made 10 years ago that some of Picasso's paintings resemble migraine auras. Here we critically look back at our own hypothesis. We conclude that, although the idea is still fascinating, there is no proof of Picasso suffering from migraine with aura.
authors.affiliation: Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands. J.Haan@lumc.nl
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haan
authors.forename: Michel D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000266:history*; D010151:Paintings