Depersonalization: A selective impairment of self-awareness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-108

  Sierra, Mauricio ^a   David, Anthony S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency feelings; Anterior insula; Depersonalization; Derealization; Disembodiment; Dissociation; Emotional numbing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; SELF CONCEPT;

AWARENESS; BRAIN; DEPERSONALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79952106501     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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