Partial and full own-body illusions of epileptic origin in a child with right temporoparietal epilepsy
Partial and full own-body illusions of epileptic origin in a child with right temporoparietal epilepsy
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DOI:
10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.008
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Blanke, Olaf
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作者:
Heydrich, Lukas;Lopez, Christophe;Blanke, Olaf
Partial and full own-body illusions of neurological origin have been claimed crucial to understand the contribution of bodily experience and perception to self-consciousness. Whereas partial body illusions are relatively common and well defined, much less is known about full own-body illusions, and even less is known about these illusions in children. Here we describe a 10-year-old patient with the association of partial and full own-body illusions (somatoparaphrenia and out-of-body experience) that occurred sequentially during an epileptic seizure caused by right temporoparietal epilepsy. This report shows that partial and full own-body illusions share functional and neuroanatomical properties and highlights the importance of the right temporoparietal junction for bodily self-consciousness. This is the first report of out-of-body experiences in a child with focal epilepsy. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.