Visual consciousness and bodily self-consciousness

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-28

  Faivre, Nathan ^a,b   Salomon, Roy ^a,b   Blanke, Olaf ^a,b,c  

^a Chemin des Mines 9   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bodily illusions; bodily self consciousness; body ownership; embodiment; visual consciousness

Indexed keywords

BODILY SELF CONSCIOUSNESS; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HAND; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; PERCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL CONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84920869471     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000160     Document Type: Review

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