EPILEPTIC SYNAESTHESIA

Also known asseizure-induced synaesthesia. Both terms are used to denote a type of "synaesthesia (i.e. a member of the group of perceptual phenomena exemplified by "colour hearing) which falls into the class of "non-idiopathic synaesthesias. Pathophysiologically, epileptic synaesthesia is associated primarily with partial epileptic seizures affecting the limbic system or temporal lobe. As such, epileptic synaesthesia is also classified as an experiential phenomenon.

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