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 ...

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

Hallucinations underlie many neurological conditions, drug-induced or otherwise. Narcolepsy, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s disease are all associated with moments when one visually perceives the ...

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 ...

Migraine is a neurological condition that affects about 39 million people in the United States. Aura symptoms can include trouble speaking, tingling, weakness, or vision changes. Visual aura is common ...

Have you ever heard voices in your head without anyone actually talking to you? Or did you ever see things that were, in fact, not really there? Psychologists call such an experience, which occurs ...

A man with schizophrenia has shared footage of the moment a service dog came to his aid after he began experiencing "visual hallucinations." Schizophrenia—a mental health condition that manifests ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I reveal an important insight concerning AI ...

If American sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick were alive today, he might have given his most famous work the title: "Do AIs Hallucinate Electric Sheep?" This is "both a strength and a weakness", said ...