The bodily self and its disorders: Neurological, psychological and social aspects

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 644-652

  Brugger, Peter ^a,b   Lenggenhager, Bigna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body integrity identity disorder; Illusion paradigms; Interoception; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY INTEGRITY IDENTITY DISORDER; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; NEUROLOGY; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATOPARAPHRENIA; HUMAN RELATION; ILLUSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84927796176     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000151     Document Type: Review

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