Mental representation of space: Insights from an oblique distribution of hallucinations

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1257-1269

  Girard, Todd A ^a,b   Martius, Désirée L M A ^c   Cheyne, J Allan ^d  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Horizontal hemispheric asymmetries; Representational space; Sensory hallucinations; Sleep paralysis; Vertical dorsal ventral asymmetries; Vestibular motor hallucinations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASOMNIA; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SPACE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; SLEEP PARALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 33846110052     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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