Xenomelia: A social neuroscience view of altered bodily self-consciousness

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Brugger, Peter ^a,b,c   Lenggenhager, Bigna ^a,d   Giummarra, Melita J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Neuroscience Center Zurich and Division of Neurosurgery   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CAULFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Body integrity identity disorder; Body modification; Disability; Medical ethics; Neurology; Psychiatry; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894259676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00204     Document Type: Short Survey

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