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One of the varieties of metamorphopsias in which a visual image either persists or recurs even after the original stimulus is no longer present. The image of the object may subsequently become superimposed upon a current visual image or scene. While this persistence of a previous image usually lasts for a period of minutes, it may recur hours or even days later. As is true of the other metamorphopsias, this phenomenon is most commonly associated with parietal-occipital or temporal-occipital lesions, seizures, and toxic or metabolic disorders.
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Donnelly, K. (2018). Palinopsia. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_764-2
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