The virtual bodily self: Mentalisation of the body as revealed in anosognosia for hemiplegia

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 500-510

  Fotopoulou, Aikaterini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anosognosia; Awareness; Bayes; Embodiment; Free energy; Interoception; Mentalisation; Predictive coding; Self

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

AGNOSIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84929471353     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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