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=Biology = media type="custom" key="6202775" ====- In this TED video, neurologist Oliver Sacks vividly describes a disorder called Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Since other people had already covered synthesthesia, I wanted to talk about another fascinating psychological condition! I just think it is so incredibly interesting that the brain can recall memories or imaginations and embed them into real life to the point where the effected person cannot differentiate real from hallucination.====

What is Charles Bonnet Syndrome?
-It is a "term used to describe the situation when people with sight problems start to see things which they know aren't real" as described by Dr. Dominic Ffytche in his article (link below). People that are hearing impaired also have musical hallucinations, such as hearing loud music or screams. << This is the region of the brain stimulatied when the hearing musical hallucinations (cover design of Oxford Journal).

For a better definition click >> http://www.rnib.org.uk/eyehealth/eyeconditions/conditionsac/Pages/charles_bonnet.aspxmedia type="youtube" key="n5C-0kb-jxo" width="425" height="350" - This video is of May Orr, a nearly blind women who had Charles Bonnet Syndrome. She talks about seeign fur covering the walls and pink squares everywhere.