Gurney, Myers, and Podmore's definition of hallucinations
- Gurney, Myers, and Podmore's definition of hallucinations
In 1886 the paranormal researchers and founders of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) Edmund Gurney (1847-1888), Frederic Myers (1843-1901), and Frank Podmore (1856-1910) defined hallucinations as "percepts which lack, but which can only by a distinct reflection be recognized as lacking, the objective basis which they suggest".
References
Gurney, E., Myers, F.W.H., Podmore, F. (1886). Phantasms ofthe living. Volume 1. London: Trübner.
Dictionary of Hallucinations.
J.D. Blom.
2010.
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