Über eine Zeitrafferwirknng bei homonymer linksseitiger Hemianopsie

Psychopathology of Time in Brain Disease and Schizophrenia

“…The most astonishing accounts of this phenomenon, which have just come to our notice, for which we are indebted to Brown (1988), who arranged the translation of the last of these, are three detailed case-reports (Hoff and Potzl, 1934;Pisk, 1936;Hoff and Potzl, 1939). Hoff and Potzl named it the "Zeitraffer" phenomenon.…”

“…The first case (Hofr and Potzl, 1934) was of a man of 57 with an acute cerebrovascular accident affecting the right parieto-occipital region. (There was no postmortem, but the episode began suddenly with dizziness while defaecating, and on neurological examination he had a left homonymous hemianopia and increased tendon reflexes on the left).…”

‘Alice in Wonderland’ Syndrome as a Precursor of Depressive Disorder

“…Hoff and Pötzl [10] classified alterations in sense of passage of time into the following three types: (1) 'Dehnung oder Verkürzung des Zeitlebens' (lengthening or shortening of time experience); (2) 'Zeitrafferphänomen und Zeitlupenphänomen' (quickmotion phenomenon and slow-motion phenomenon), and (3) 'ordinativer Störungsty-pus' (sequence disorder). They discussed types 1 and 2 from the standpoint of right (nondominant) hemispheric dysfunction.…”

Sleep and Stroke

“…Other studies have similarly suggested a high frequency (30% to 70% of patients) of poststroke fatigue. 122,123 Clinical Features Hypersomnia and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Hypersomnia is defined clinically as a reduced latency to sleep, increased sleep, or excessive daytime sleepiness. In 18% of the 277 patients, insomnia appeared de novo after stroke.…”