Psychopathology of the bodily self and the brain: the case of schizophrenia.
Psychopathology January 1, 2014 Vittorio Gallese, Francesca Ferri 53 citations
This review examines recent evidence on the neurobiological basis of the bodily self—a minimal sense of self tied to the body and its motor capabilities. The authors show how the body and its potential for movement relate to this minimal self, and argue that this perspective can illuminate self-disturbances and social deficits in schizophrenia. They compare their approach with other views on the neural correlates of self-disturbances in schizophrenia and propose that cognitive neuroscience can now address classic psychopathological topics by linking first-person experiential aspects of psychiatric diseases to their neurobiological foundations.