Signs of increased cortical hyperexcitability selectively associated with spontaneous anomalous bodily experiences in a nonclinical population

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-573

  Braithwaite, Jason J ^a   Broglia, Emma ^a   Brincat, Oliver ^a   Stapley, Louise ^a   Wilkins, Arnold J ^b   Takahashi, Chie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous body experiences; Cortical hyperexcitability; Embodiment; Hallucinations.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMALOUS BODILY EXPERIENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVISED CARDIFF ANOMALOUS PERCEPTION SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; GLARE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887815387     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2013.768176     Document Type: Article

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