Hallucinations
2017-08-06 — 2023-12-07
Wherein the neurology and phenomenology of chemically or medically induced visions are described, and recurring mathematical motifs such as fractals and hyperbolic geometry are adduced.
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Notes on the neurology and phenomenology of hallucinations, chemically or medically induced. Not much here at the moment.
- Qualia Computing, DMT and Hyperbolic Geometry: 1 Million Views Special
- Marianne Freiberger discusses Paul Bressloff’s work in Uncoiling the spiral: Maths and hallucinations (Bressloff et al. 2001, 2002)
- fractals
- pattern formations
- Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness Contest: Psychedelic Cryptography
1 References
Bressloff, Cowan, Golubitsky, et al. 2001. “Geometric Visual Hallucinations, Euclidean Symmetry and the Functional Architecture of Striate Cortex.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences.
———, et al. 2002. “What Geometric Visual Hallucinations Tell Us about the Visual Cortex.” Neural Computation.
Carhart-Harris, and Friston. 2019. “REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics.” Pharmacological Reviews.
Hoel. 2021. “The Overfitted Brain: Dreams Evolved to Assist Generalization.” Patterns.