Out-of-body experiences and other complex dissociation experiences in a patient with unilateral peripheral vestibular damage and deficient multisensory integration

Multisensory Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 613-635

  Kaliuzhna, Mariia ^a   Vibert, Dominique ^b   Grivaz, Petr ^a   Blanke, Olaf ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

lucid dreams; multisensory integration; Out of body experiences; temporo parietal junction; vestibular

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; INTEGRATION;

LUCID DREAMS; MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION; OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES; TEMPORO-PARIETAL JUNCTION; VESTIBULAR;

DISINTEGRATION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; DREAM; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VISION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; DREAMS; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84938566156     PISSN: 22134794     EISSN: 22134808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002506     Document Type: Article

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