EPISODE · Jun 5, 2016 · 52 MIN
Visual Phantoms
from Fuzzy Logic Science Show · host Fuzzy Logic Science Show
What would it be like to find your vision was suddenly infected by strange apparitions? Lines, shapes, whole buildings, faces, and lizards crawling up the wall. All inventions of the condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome. No, you're not going mad, these are tricks that the visual system sometimes plays. Rod interviews Scot Muirden, director of the Charles Bonnet Syndrome Foundation, and Ian Lawther who shares some remarkable stories of his experience with CBS. Charles Bonnet Syndrome is much more common than you might think. If you have vision loss, or know somebody who has, a simple question can make a huge difference. Too many people live in fear that their mind is going, and don't want to talk about it. Even the medical profession are generally not well informed. We also recommend Scot Muirden's Ask Fuzzy column on CBS Oliver Sacks TED talk. An excellent Damn Interesting article Twitter #FuzzyLogicSci
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What would it be like to find your vision was suddenly infected by strange apparitions? Lines, shapes, whole buildings, faces, and lizards crawling up the wall. All inventions of the condition called Charles Bonnet Syndrome. No, you're not going mad, these are tricks that the visual system sometimes plays. Rod interviews Scot Muirden, director of the Charles Bonnet Syndrome Foundation, and Ian Lawther who shares some remarkable stories of his experience with CBS. Charles Bonnet Syndrome is much more common than you might think. If you have vision loss, or know somebody who has, a simple question can make a huge difference. Too many people live in fear that their mind is going, and don't want to talk about it. Even the medical profession are generally not well informed. We also recommend Scot Muirden's Ask Fuzzy column on CBS Oliver Sacks TED talk. An excellent Damn Interesting article Twitter #FuzzyLogicSci
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