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Haunted by Happiness

Lenie Clarke's «hallucinations» are loosely based on Bo

et's Syndrome [36], a malady which sometimes results from macular degeneration. The brain really does compensate for loss of visual input by inserting images from visual memory into the gaps. In real life, Bo

et's Syndrome tends to occur in elderly patients, and is frequently associated with bereavement; the hallucinations are more-or-less seamlessly incorporated into the visual environment (as opposed to the picture-in-picture format Lenie experienced).

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36 Teunisse et al. 1996. Visual hallucinations in psychologically normal people: Charles Bo

et's syndrome. Lancet 347: 794–797.