| Title |
Prevalent Hallucinations during Medical Internships: Phantom Vibration and Ringing Syndromes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0065152 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yu-Hsuan Lin, Sheng-Hsuan Lin, Peng Li, Wei-Lieh Huang, Ching-Yen Chen |
| Abstract |
Phantom vibration syndrome is a type of hallucination reported among mobile phone users in the general population. Another similar perception, phantom ringing syndrome, has not been previously described in the medical literature. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 188 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 57 | 30% |
| United States | 9 | 5% |
| Spain | 3 | 2% |
| Colombia | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 11 | 6% |
| Unknown | 97 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 174 | 93% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 12 | 6% |
| Scientists | 2 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 110 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 105 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 12% |
| Researcher | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 19% |
| Unknown | 23 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 30 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 23% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 27 | 25% |