Assessing disorders of awareness and representation of body parts

Carlo Semenza

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199234110.003.12

Assessing disorders of awareness and representation of body parts

Carlo Semenza

Istituto di Neuroriabilitazione Motoria San Camillo

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Abstract

This chapter begins with a discussion of the various pathological conditions involved in disorders of awareness and representation of body parts. It then discusses autotopagnosia, personal neglect and related disorders, alien hand syndrome, altered muscular proprioception, phantom limb and related phenomena, and body-specific cognitive biases in eating disorders.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Print)	9780191594250, 9780199234110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199234110.003.12
Publication status	Published - Sep 1 2010

Keywords

Alien hand syndrome
Altered muscular proprioception
Autotopagnosia
Eating disorders
Phantom limb

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychology(all)

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Assessing disorders of awareness and representation of body parts

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