Out-of-body experience, heautoscopy, and autoscopic hallucination of neurological origin Implications for neurocognitive mechanisms of corporeal awareness and self-consciousness

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serval:BIB_1D2D129EE720
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Out-of-body experience, heautoscopy, and autoscopic hallucination of neurological origin Implications for neurocognitive mechanisms of corporeal awareness and self-consciousness
Journal
Brain Research Review
Author(s)
Blanke O., Mohr C.
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2005
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
50
Number
1
Pages
184-199
Language
english
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Abstract
Autoscopic phenomena (AP) are rare illusory visual experiences during which the subject has the impression of seeing a second own body in extrapersonal space. AP consist of out-of-body experience (OBE), autoscopic hallucination (AH), and heautoscopy (HAS). The present article reviews and statistically analyzes phenomenological, functional, and anatomical variables in AP of neurological origin (n = 41 patients) that have been described over the last 100 years. This was carried out in order to further our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of AP, much as previous research into the neural bases of body part illusions has demystified these latter phenomena. Several variables could be extracted, which distinguish between or are comparable for the three AP providing testable hypotheses for subsequent research. Importantly, we believe that the scientific demystification of AP may be useful for the investigation of the cognitive functions and brain regions that mediate processing of the corporeal awareness and self consciousness under normal conditions.
Keywords
Awareness/*physiology *Body Image Brain/*physiopathology Consciousness/*physiology Functional Laterality Humans Illusions/*physiology Psychophysiology
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