Autoscopic phenomena and one's own body representation in dreams

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1009-1015

  Occhionero, Miranda ^a   Cicogna, Piera Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoscopic phenomena; Body image; Dreams; Hallucination; Self representation

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOSCOPIC HALLUCINATION; AUTOSCOPIC PHENOMENA; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DREAM; DREAMING; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARREST; HEAUTOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; MIGRAINE; MINIMAL PHENOMENAL SELFHOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STROKE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL PARIETAL JUNCTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 80054860604     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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