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Palinopsia reconsidered

Neurobehavior Unit (Dr. Cummings), and the Psychology Service (Mr. Goldberg), Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brentwood; the Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine (Drs. Cummings and Treiman); and the Department of Neurology (Drs. Syndulko and Treiman) and the VA Southwest Regional Epilepsy Center (Dr. Treiman) VAMC, Wadsworth, CA.

Palinopsia occurs with lesions located posteriorly in the cerebral hemispheres. Exaggeration of physiologic afterimages and sensory seizures have been proposed to explain the phenomenon. We report EEG, evoked potential, and clinical observations suggesting that palinopic images are a variety of release hallucinations.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Cummings, Neurobehavior Unit, Ward 208C, VAMC Brentwood, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073.

This research was supported by the Veterans Administration.

Accepted for publication August 24, 1981.

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