New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

Psychedelic substances are increasingly being used under medical supervision to treat anxiety disorders and depression. However, the mechanisms by which these substances influence our perception and ...

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AI hallucinations are one of the most serious challenges facing generative AI today. These errors go far beyond minor factual mistakes. In real-world deployments, hallucinations have led to incorrect ...

AI hallucinations about a brand come in many types: A generative AI system might show a person who isn’t the actual founder, display the wrong address for the headquarters, or describe an old product ...

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Dr. Ashwin Amurthur (Neurology): A 57-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of persistent visual disturbances involving the right visual field, episodes of shaking of the right arm and ...

Immersive Virtual Reality experiences reproducing visual hallucinations effects, miming those induced by the use of psychedelic substances, albeit without the actual use of substances. This is the ...

Hallucinations are unreal sensory experiences, such as hearing or seeing something that is not there. Any of our five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch) can be involved. Most often, when we ...