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hallucination
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hallucination

Perception of something that does not exist. It may be visual but may also arise from any of the other senses. Unlike an illusion, a hallucination has no basis in reality. It may occur in psychosis, in organic brain disease (especially temporal lobe epilepsy), or be due to drugs.
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Hallucinations that occur when one is about to go to sleep, or when one has just come out of sleep, are called Hypnopompic Hallucinations, or "waking dreams.
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