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Still PADing along: Perception and attention remain key factors in understanding complex visual hallucinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2005

Daniel Collerton*
Affiliation:
South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust, Bensham Hospital, Gateshead NE8 4YL, United Kingdom
Elaine Perry*
Affiliation:
MRC Building, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, United Kingdom
Ian McKeith*
Affiliation:
Wolfson Research Unit, Institute for Aging and Health, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 6BE, United Kingdom
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Commentators agree that the Perception and Attention Deficit (PAD) model is a promising model for accounting for recurrent complex visual hallucinations (RCVH) across several disorders, though with varying detailed criticisms. Its central tenets are not modified, but further consideration of generative models of visual processing and the relationship of proto-objects and memory systems allows the PAD model to deal with variations in phenomenology. The commentaries suggest new ways to generate evidence that will test the model.

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