Brain tumor . Depending on where it is, it can cause different types of hallucinations. If it's in an area that has to do with vision, you may see things that aren't real. You might also see spots or shapes of light. Tumors in some parts of the brain can cause hallucinations of smell and taste.
One of the key factors in this process is the identification and operational definition of variables -- traits, characteristics, or other measurable factors that can have different values -- that impact the phenomenon of interest. One is primarily interested in two types of variables: independent variables and dependent variables. The independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated by the researcher. For example, Dr. Harvey has a theory that the way that people dress affects how they are treated by others in the workplace.
deÂ·penÂ·dent varÂ·iÂ·aÂ·ble. in experiments, a variable that is influenced by or dependent on changes in the independent variable; for example, the amount of a written passage retained (dependent variable) as a function of the different numbers of minutes (independent variable) allowed to study the passage.