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1/23/18
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Conflicts of Interest
• None
Embodied Brains and Disembodied Minds:Reviving the golden Age of Neurology
VS RamachandranThe Center for Brain and CognitionAnd Psychology DepartmentUniversity of California San Diego
Team members:Paul McGeoch MDJason Mckeown MD, Chaipat Chunharas, Nicholas Root
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Soul•Metaphysical Questions
•The Self
Self
1) Embodiment*2) Continuity
3) Agency4) Unity/Coherence
5) Privacy*6) Self-Awareness
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Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
DeBlasis et al., 2009
RSD Pain
Mirror Visual Feedback (MVF)Virtual Reality
1. Phantom PainImmediateLong Lasting
2. CRPS or RSD3. Stroke4. Hand Rehab5. Trigeminal Neuralgia
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•Rizzolatti et al, 2007
Mirror Neurons
Phantom Massage
Out-of-Body Experience
1. Frontal Damage 2. REM Sleep
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OCD
• Vicarious Relief through activating Mirror-Neuron System
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Proof That It’s Sensory
1) Segregation and Popout2) Colorblind Synesthete3) Martian Colors4) Blindsight5) Phenomenology – Illusory Contours6) Imaging