One night, I tucked my very sick son into bed, and he looked up at me with a confused expression. "You look teeny tiny, mom—like you shrunk," he told me. Since he had a fever, I chalked it up to that, ...

Once belonging only in children’s tales, the perception that you’re much larger or smaller than the world around you is a genuine brain-related condition.

People with a form of the rare and somewhat mysterious Alice in Wonderland syndrome may one day have better diagnostic and treatment options after scientists mapped a circuit in the brain implemented ...

Alice In Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) is a rare neurological condition characterised by transient distortions in visual perception, body image, and the sense of time. Individuals affected by AIWS may ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Primarily affecting children, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) can cause changes in perception that can make those affected feel like its namesake storybook character. According to ...

When a child spikes a high fever, parents brace for the usual suspects: chills, body aches, maybe a barking cough. They do not expect their kid to suddenly insist that their own hands are shrinking or ...

It is very likely that the four names used to describe similar feelings— Tachysensia, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, Todd’s Syndrome, and Rushes —are simply titles for remarkably similar symptomatic ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Alice in Wonderland syndrome causes temporary changes in how things look and feel because of sensory changes in the brain. It often happens to kids during illnesses like the flu, but it isn't harmful ...

After collecting detailed accounts of tachysensia episodes from readers of my November 13, 2020 post, “The Tachysensia Population Is Larger Than We Thought,” I was able to link every one of them to ...