Distinct illusory own-body perceptions caused by damage to posterior insula and extrastriate cortex

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 790-803

  Heydrich, Lukas ^a,b   Blanke, Olaf ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

autoscopic phenomena; bodily self consciousness; embodiment; lesion analysis; multisensory integration; posterior insula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSCOPIC HALLUCINATION; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEAUTOSCOPY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 84874834284     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws364     Document Type: Article

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