1st Edition

Pathologies of Body, Self and Space A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Edited By Peter W Halligan, Sean Spence Copyright 2002
116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Psychology Press

What happens when the physical body and the subjective sense of self part company? How do we explain phantom limbs and alien abduction? What are the cognitive, neurobiological mechanisms that support such phenomena? In this special issue of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Spence and Halligan explore all these issues and more, with contributions drawn from an internationally renowned panel of authors,... Read more
S. Spence, P.W. Halligan, Editorial: Pathologies of Body, Self and Space. K.J. Holden, C.C. French, Alien Abduction Experiences: Some Clues from Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry. P. Brugger, Reflective Mirrors: Perspective-Taking in Autoscopic Phenomena. M. Husain, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Hemispatial Neglect. S. Spence, Alien Motor Phenomena: A Window onto Agency. R. Brown, The Cognitive Psychology of Dissociative States. T. Thornton, Thought Insertion: A Symptom too Far for Cognitivism? P.W. Halligan, Phantom Limbs: The Body in Mind.

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Peter W Halligan, Sean Spence