Fractionating the unitary notion of dissociation: Disembodied but not embodied dissociative experiences are associated with exocentric perspective-taking

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Braithwaite, Jason J ^a   James, Kelly ^a   Dewe, Hayley ^a   Medford, Nick ^b   Takahashi, Chie ^a   Kessler, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous bodily experiences; Depersonalization; Dissociation; Out of body experience; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMALOUS BODILY EXPERIENCE; ARTICLE; CAMBRIDGE DEPERSONALIZATION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EXOCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE TAKING; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 84887895999     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00719     Document Type: Article

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