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Functional and neural mechanisms of embodiment: the importance of the vestibular system and the temporal parietal junction
Citation
Lenggenhager, B and Smith, ST and Blanke, O, Functional and neural mechanisms of embodiment: the importance of the vestibular system and the temporal parietal junction, Reviews in the Neurosciences, 17, (6) pp. 643-657. ISSN 0334-1763 (2007) [Review Several Works]
DOI: doi:10.1515/REVNEURO.2006.17.6.643
Abstract
Embodiment, the sense of being localized within one's physical body, is a fundamental aspect of the self. Recent research shows that self and body processing as well as embodiment require distinct brain mechanisms. Here, we review recent clinical and neuroimaging research on multisensory perception and integration as well as mental imagery, pointing out their importance for the coding of embodiment at the temporo-parietal junction (TPJ). Special reference is given to vestibular mechanisms that are relevant for self and embodiment and to methods that interfere experimentally with normal embodiment. We conclude that multisensory and vestibular coding at the TPJ mediates humans' experience as being embodied and spatially situated, and argue that pathologies concerning the disembodied self, such as out-of-body experience or other autoscopic phenomena, are due to deficient multisensory integration at the TPJ.
Item Details
Item Type: | Review Several Works |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Neurosciences |
Research Field: | Sensory systems |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Smith, ST (Associate Professor Stuart Smith) |
ID Code: | 85435 |
Year Published: | 2007 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 41 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences A |
Deposited On: | 2013-07-05 |
Last Modified: | 2013-07-05 |
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