Neuropathologies of the self: Clinical and anatomical features

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Feinberg, Todd E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asomatognosia; Confabulation; Delusional misidentification syndromes; Ego functions; Neuropathologies of the self; Psychological defense; Somatoparaphrenia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; EGO; EGO DISEQUILIBRIUM THEORY; FANTASY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 79952104978     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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