Multiple Dissociations in Patients With Disorders of Body Awareness: Implications for the Study of Consciousness

Frontiers in Psychology

Gabriella Bottini¹ 

关键词: awareness;    anosognosia for hemiplegia;    somatoparaphrenia;    caloric vestibular stimulation;    consciousness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02068

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Elucidating the nature of consciousness has become one of the most relevant challenges in modern neuroscience. The study of patients with brain damage who exhibit selective impairments in awareness has contributed significantly to redefining the concept of consciousness, shedding light on at least two interesting aspects of its organization: the presence of behavioral and anatomical domain-specific dissociations and the possibility of modulating disturbances in awareness via both central and peripheral stimulations (e.g., caloric vestibular stimulation1—CVS—or transcranial Direct Current Stimulation2—tDCS). Evidence emerging from these lines of research has provided information regarding the nature of conscious processes, their neural substrates, and their associated physiological processes.

【 授权许可】

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