Voyages astraux et hors du corps. Héautoscopie, extase et hallucinations expérientielles d'origine épileptique [Astral and out-of-body voyages. Heautoscopy, ecstasis and experimental hallucinations of epileptic origin]

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_88882F77E4A6
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Voyages astraux et hors du corps. Héautoscopie, extase et hallucinations expérientielles d'origine épileptique [Astral and out-of-body voyages. Heautoscopy, ecstasis and experimental hallucinations of epileptic origin]
Périodique
Revue neurologique
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Vuilleumier P., Despland P.A., Assal G., Regli F.
ISSN
0035-3787
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1997
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
153
Numéro
2
Pages
115-9
Langue
français
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; English Abstract ; Journal Article - Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
We report a 38 year-old patient who had temporoparietal epilepsy and unusual ictal "out of body" experiences that remained undiagnosed for more than ten years, until her admission for a motor seizure of the left hemibody. Out of body episodes were experienced as intense and ecstatic astral journeys. EEG showed a bilateral extension of epileptiform abnormalities to the parietal regions, predominantly on the right side. We discuss the various forms of heautoscopy and their putative mechanisms. We suggest that a disturbance in representing space in independent extrapersonal and personal coordinates might be as crucial as the elusive hypothesis of a body schema disorder. Combined involvement of the parietal neocortex and temporolimbic structures might allow those experiences to gain a subjective vividness which appears to be indissociable from normal conscious experiences.
Mots-clé
Adult, Astrology, Body Image, Brain Diseases, Electroencephalography, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Female, Hallucinations, Humans, Illusions, Limbic System, Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics), Neuropsychological Tests, Parietal Lobe
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Web of science
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