The Lost Self: Pathologies of the Brain and Identity

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Todd E. Feinberg M.D., Julian Paul Keenan
Oxford University Press, 14 de jul. 2005 - 288 pàgines
The Lost Self: Pathologies of the Brain and Identity is an in-depth exploration into one of the most mysterious and controversial topics in neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, and psychology-namely, the search for the biological basis of the self. The Lost Self is a guide to understanding how the brain creates who we are, and what happens when things go wrong.
 

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1 Introduction
1
2 The Self as a Problem in Philosophy and Neurobiology
7
Insights from Functional Neuroimaging of the Normal Brain
20
4 Neural Hierarchies and the Self
33
5 The Frontal Lobes and SelfAwareness
50
6 Autobiographical Disorders
65
7 Body Image and the Self
81
Delusional Misidentification and Reduplication
100
Literally a Total Focus on the Self?
166
12 Recognizing the Sensory Consequences of Ones Own Actions and Delusions of Control
181
A Disorder of SelfAwareness
193
14 The Self in Dreams
206
15 Psychoactive Agents and the Self
220
16 Meditation and the Self
239
A FirstPerson Account of Brain Insult Survival
251
Index
265

9 The Mirror Sign Delusional Misidentification Symptom
131
10 Disorders of the Self in Dementia
147

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