Alice in Wonderland syndrome is one of the most fascinating neurological conditions...

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Alice in Wonderland syndrome is one of the most fascinating neurological conditions ever described in the medical literature (and school textbooks). It consists of a group of related symptoms, among which the most common are changes in perception. It is a symptom of an altered body image: body parts or objects from the environment are not perceived in the size they are. A person has the experience of physically becoming smaller or larger in relation to the environment, or has the impression that the environment is growing or narrowing around him. It often seems that the arms and head are disproportionate.

Generally speaking, people are more likely to perceive how their body parts grow than to shrink. Loss of sense of time is also possible - a person has the impression that time passes too slowly or too fast. Some people also experience hallucinations.

As visual perception becomes distorted, the same happens with other senses, especially hearing and touch. The movement of immovable things can be another result of distorted perception, and sometimes there is a transient feeling of dystrophy (which is not related to permanent or temporary disability). It most often occurs in children, and simply outgrows it during adolescence, and in addition to migraines, it is caused by an epileptic seizure, viral encephalitis and psychedelic substances.

The primary cause is an increase in electrical impulses in the brain, which increases blood flow in the parietal lobe, which is responsible for perception.

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Prica pogledana iz drugog ugla stvarno daje potpuno drugaciju percepciju. Tako je sa puno prica, ali i inace u zivotu, mnogo stvari zavisi od naseg ugla gledanja.

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Amaiing text, this is really completly new vision of this story, and great photos too.... Nice job.

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