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| Title |
The “sensed presence”: An epileptic aura with religious overtones
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| Published in |
Epilepsy & Behavior, June 2006
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.04.023 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anne-Marie Landtblom |
| Abstract |
"Sensed presence," a religious emotion, has been the focus of recent neurotheological research because it has been claimed that weak transcranial magnetic stimulation can evoke such experiences. Some researchers have recently questioned this claim. However, religion and epilepsy have been linked through history, clinical observations, and research. This article describes the "sensed presence" as an aura in one patient who did not interpret his experience in a religious way. He had bilateral hypoperfusion of the temporal lobes when investigated by SPECT, and hypoplasia of the dorsal part of the left hippocampus when examined by magnetic resonance imaging. This case report illustrates that "sensed presence" can occur as an epileptic aura with or without religious interpretation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 16% |
| Unknown | 4 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 21 | 36% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 14% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 10 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 February 2023.
All research outputs
#3,088,740
of 25,481,734 outputs
Outputs from Epilepsy & Behavior
#409
of 4,627 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,247
of 89,147 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Epilepsy & Behavior
#3
of 12 outputs
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