Not delusions(where you believe something is real that isn’t), hallucinations specifically.
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LI5: Our brains are making things up.
LI6: Our brains typically *process* sensory experiences caused by stimulation of sensory organs. When hallucinating, our brains *perceive* sensory experiences without sensory organ stimulation. I don’t know that the entire underlying cause has been determined, but there’s a reduction in signaling between neurons and their firing patterns are different. We’re receiving the same sensory information, we just aren’t processing it correctly.
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