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Olfactory Hallucinations

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Hallucinations are false perceptions—sensory experiences that are generated in the absence of an adequate stimulus. They occur in all the basic sensory modalities: visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory. The diversity of contexts in which they arise—toxic states, metabolic disorders, schizophrenic episodes, epilepsy, nocturnal dreaming, hypnosis—suggests that their elicitation must involve multiple mechanisms.

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    Michael J. Serby MD

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Greenberg, M.S. (1992). Olfactory Hallucinations. In: Serby, M.J., Chobor, K.L. (eds) Science of Olfaction. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2836-3_17

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