LONDON — Frederic Chopin's habit of drifting off and hallucinating at the piano may have been caused by epilepsy, according to a new study of the 19th-century romantic composer. Chopin's tendency to ...

At first, he would see a colorful circle. It would grow a shimmering, flashing tail "dripping" down, which he compared to fireworks. "It's beautiful!" he said of one of these episodes -- but they gave ...

A hallucination is the experience of sensing something that isn't really present in the environment but is instead created by the mind. Hallucinations can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, and tasted, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. LONDON — Artistic genius may sometimes teeter on the brink of madness, but in the case of 19th-century romantic composer Frederic ...