| Title |
Somatoparaphrenia: a body delusion. A review of the neuropsychological literature
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Experimental Brain Research, September 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00221-008-1562-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Giuseppe Vallar, Roberta Ronchi |
| Abstract |
A review of published brain-damaged patients showing delusional beliefs concerning the contralesional side of the body (somatoparaphrenia) is presented. Somatoparaphrenia has been reported, with a few exceptions, in right-brain-damaged patients, with motor and somatosensory deficits, and the syndrome of unilateral spatial neglect. Somatoparaphrenia, most often characterized by a delusion of disownership of left-sided body parts, may however occur without associated anosognosia for motor deficits, and personal neglect. Also somatosensory deficits may not be a core pathological mechanism of somatoparaphrenia, and visual field disorders may be absent. Deficits of proprioception, however, may play a relevant role. Somatoparaphrenia is often brought about by extensive right-sided lesions, but patients with posterior (parietal-temporal), and insular damage are on record, as well as a few patients with subcortical lesions. Possible pathological factors include a deranged representation of the body concerned with ownership, mainly right-hemisphere-based, and deficits of multisensory integration. Finally, the rubber hand illusion, that brings about a bodily misattribution in neurologically unimpaired participants, as somatoparaphrenia does in brain-damaged patients, is briefly discussed. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 7 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 399 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 82 | 19% |
| Researcher | 69 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 48 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 44 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 27 | 6% |
| Other | 91 | 21% |
| Unknown | 63 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 149 | 35% |
| Neuroscience | 66 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 4% |
| Philosophy | 12 | 3% |
| Other | 42 | 10% |
| Unknown | 97 | 23% |
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