The Sense of Body Ownership

The Oxford Handbook of the Self

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tsakiris, Manos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body ownership; Inflationary view; Neurocognitive processes; Out of body experiences; Rubber Hand Illusion; Selfspecificity; Somatosensory signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925875960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548019.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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