“Seeing oneself”: a case of autoscopy

Authors: Zamboni, Giovanna; Budriesi, Carla; Nichelli, Paolo

Source: Neurocase, Volume 11, Number 3, Number 3/June 2005 , pp. 212-215(4)

Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Autoscopy is the experience of seeing an image of one's body in external space. We describe the case of a patient who reported longstanding autoscopic hallucinations following post-eclamptic brain damage. The MR scan demonstrated damage involving the occipital cortex and the basal ganglia bilaterally. We hypothesize that the image was the result of aberrant plasticity mechanisms involving cortical areas that play a central role in high-order body or representation of oneself.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13554790590944799

Affiliations: 1: Department of Neuroscience, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Publication date: 2005-06-01