... Somatoparaphrenia refers to the inability to identify one's own body part as belonging to one self, both at the subjective conscious (Invernizzi et al., ...ArticleLiteratureReviewSomatoparaphrenia:Abodydelusion.AreviewoftheneuropsychologicalliteratureOctober2008ExperimentalBrainResearch192(3):533-51DOI:10.1007/s00221-008-1562-ySourcePubMedAuthors:GiuseppeVallarUniversitàdegliStudidiMilano-BicoccaRobertaRonchiUniversityofGenevaRequestfull-textPDFToreadthefull-textofthisresearch,youcanrequestacopydirectlyfromtheauthors.Requestfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedRequestfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedToreadthefull-textofthisresearch,youcanrequestacopydirectlyfromtheauthors.Citations(371)References(167)AbstractAreviewofpublishedbrain-damagedpatientsshowingdelusionalbeliefsconcerningthecontralesionalsideofthebody(somatoparaphrenia)ispresented.Somatoparaphreniahasbeenreported,withafewexceptions,inright-brain-damagedpatients,withmotorandsomatosensorydeficits,andthesyndromeofunilateralspatialneglect.Somatoparaphrenia,mostoftencharacterizedbyadelusionofdisownershipofleft-sidedbodyparts,mayhoweveroccurwithoutassociatedanosognosiaformotordeficits,andpersonalneglect.Alsosomatosensorydeficitsmaynotbeacorepathologicalmechanismofsomatoparaphrenia,andvisualfielddisordersmaybeabsent.Deficitsofproprioception,however,mayplayarelevantrole.Somatoparaphreniaisoftenbroughtaboutbyextensiveright-sidedlesions,butpatientswithposterior(parietal-temporal),andinsulardamageareonrecord,aswellasafewpatientswithsubcorticallesions.Possiblepathologicalfactorsincludeaderangedrepresentationofthebodyconcernedwithownership,mainlyright-hemisphere-based,anddeficitsofmultisensoryintegration.Finally,therubberhandillusion,thatbringsaboutabodilymisattributioninneurologicallyunimpairedparticipants,assomatoparaphreniadoesinbrain-damagedpatients,isbrieflydiscussed.Discovertheworld'sresearch20+millionmembers135+millionpublications700k+researchprojectsJoinforfreeNofull-textavailableToreadtheful