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Oliver Sacks

Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2017 to 2018 · person/person:oliver-sacks

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15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions What medical conditions could have been mistaken for possession in the past? Conditions such as palinopsia, where after-images persist, and Charles Bonnet syndrome, where people see faces, teeth and buildings that are not there, have known brain causes today but would once have looked like demons. Oliver Sacks's patient knew her visions were unreal, unlike the persecutory beliefs of psychosis. Lessonposition checkedpalinopsia (persistent after-images)Charles Bonnet syndromeOliver Sacks (neurologist) machine3 min 58 s36:39on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Could seeing figures or faces that are not there be a brain condition rather than a jinn? Yes: palinopsia makes after-images persist and Charles Bonnet syndrome makes an overactive fusiform gyrus produce faces, teeth and buildings, as Oliver Sacks's patient saw men with long teeth while knowing they were not real. In the past such visions could only be explained as demons. Lessonposition checkedOliver Sacksjinn machine3 min 55 s1:27:25on YouTube