Cognitive correlates of the spontaneous out-of-body experience (OBE) in the psychologically normal population: Evidence for an increased role of temporal-lobe instability, body-distortion processing, and impairments in own-body transformations

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 839-853

  Braithwaite, Jason J ^a   Samson, Dana ^b   Apperly, Ian ^a   Broglia, Emma ^a   Hulleman, Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aura, body distortion; Embodiment; Hallucinations; Out of body experience; Perspective taking; Temporal lobe instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79956129287     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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