The question that remains for researchers in this area of study is whether or not the alteration in perceptions of the child or overprotective parenting experienced by women with a history of perinatal loss is indeed a clinical concern that will affect the health of the mother or the child.
The research has led to new theories of what may cause such bizarre alterations in perception and has spawned at least one promising new treatment: the delivery of low-frequency magnetic pulses to areas identified by the brain scans seems to quiet, at least temporarily, the voices of patients who have not found relief through standard treatment with antipsychotic medications.
The 18-item "Visionary Changes" (VC) scale measures alterations in perception and meaning.
Others causes of CPP are also associated to alterations in perception of quality of life [ 13, 14].
Both techniques aim to promote changes in subjective experience, alterations in perception, sensation, emotion, thought or behaviour by suggestion and/or imagination [ 6, 7].
Anecdotally, a large number of these patients develop dramatic alterations in perception of food flavor, texture, quality, and the sensation of a lingering metallic taste within several weeks of beginning radiation therapy, with or without concurrent chemotherapy [ 30].
Commentators who favor this approach, including most notably Sorabji (1974), with whom the interpretation originated in contemporary times and who has been its most adept proponent, have been able to amass textual evidence suggesting that Aristotle believes that some such literal alteration occurs in perception.
The second string revolution, which begin around 1995, has led to a drastic alteration in our perception of the universe, perhaps even more so then did the first string revolution of 1984.
Subjects reported no untoward after-effects of the biopsy, and no noticeable alteration in taste perception.
