The Pareidolia Test: A Simple Neuropsychological Test Measuring Visual Hallucination-Like Illusions.

BACKGROUND:Visual hallucinations are a core clinical feature of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and this symptom is important in the differential diagnosis and prediction of treatment response. The pareidolia test is a tool that evokes visual hallucination-like illusions, and these illusions may be...

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Main Authors: Yasuyuki Mamiya, Yoshiyuki Nishio, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kayoko Yokoi, Makoto Uchiyama, Toru Baba, Osamu Iizuka, Shigenori Kanno, Naoto Kamimura, Hiroaki Kazui, Mamoru Hashimoto, Manabu Ikeda, Chieko Takeshita, Tatsuo Shimomura, Etsuro Mori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4865118?pdf=render