title: Phantabulation: a case of visual imagery interference on visual perception.
abstract: We report the case of a 52-year old man who, following rupture of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm, presented with a phenomenon not previously described, which we have labelled "Phantabulation." Phantabulation is characterized by frequent and purposeful interactions with contextually appropriate imagined objects. We suggest that this phenomenon results from confusion between real and imagined objects, caused by failure to inhibit florid visual imagery, facilitated by cortical release mechanisms.
authors: a Department of Psychology , Goldsmiths University of London , London , UK.
authors: Gianna
authors: G
authors: Cocchini
authors: Owen
authors: O
authors: Lello
authors: Robert D
authors: RD
authors: McIntosh
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Della Sala
mesh_terms: D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014796:Visual Perception
keywords: Confabulation; Perception; Stroke; Visual imagery