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{Mental representation of space: insights from an oblique distribution of hallucinations.}
Type of publication: Article
Citation: Girard2007
Journal: Neuropsychologia
Volume: 45
Number: 6
Year: 2007
Month: March
Pages: 1257--69
ISSN: 0028-3932
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu...
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.10.002
Abstract: Three-dimensional spatial distributions of hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations associated with sleep paralysis were used to investigate the internal representation of space. Left-right asymmetries in human preferences and abilities are well established. Parallel effects are also observed as lower-upper asymmetries. These parallels could reflect common underlying mechanisms or additive effects of independently evolved horizontal and vertical asymmetries. This study adds to the growing literature on multidimensional spatial biases in a context free from the influence of task-related factors. We present evidence of an oblique bias in the projection of both sensory and motor hallucinations toward lower-left and especially upper-right external space exceeding that accounted for by an additive model of separate horizontal and vertical biases. These observations are consistent with theories regarding a systematic functional relation of hemispheric with ventral and dorsal cerebral organization.
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Keywords: Adult, Aged, Female, Functional Laterality, Functional Laterality: physiology, Hallucinations, Hallucinations: psychology, Humans, Imagination, Imagination: physiology, Labyrinth, Labyrinth: physiology, Male, Middle Aged, orientation, Orientation: physiology, Questionnaires, Sensation, Sensation: physiology, Sleep Paralysis, Sleep Paralysis: psychology, Space Perception, Space Perception: physiology, Vestibule
Authors Girard, Todd a
Martius, Désirée L M a
Cheyne, J Allan
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  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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