TY - JOUR PY - 2004// TI - New phenomenon of abnormal auditory perception associated with emotional and head trauma: pathological confirmation by SPECT Scan JO - Brain and language A1 - Stephane, Massoud A1 - Hill, Thomas A1 - Matthew, Elizabeth A1 - Folstein, Marshal SP - 503 EP - 507 VL - 89 IS - 3 N2 - We report the case of an immigrant who suffered from death threats and head trauma while a prisoner of war in Kuwait. Two months later, he began to hear conversations that had taken place previously. These perceptions occurred spontaneously or were induced by the patient's effortful concentration. The single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) scan performed during this abnormal perceptual experience indicated an increase in regional cerebral blood flow in the left temporal lobe and in the brainstem.

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LA - en SN - 0093-934X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2004.01.001 ID - ref1 ER -