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Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld1, Thomas Hassa, Jens-Max Hopf
1Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
|March 4, 2011
Summary
This study reveals neurophysiological correlates for hysterical blindness, a conversion disorder. Treatment normalized brain activity, suggesting attentional mechanisms are key to understanding this condition.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Conversion disorders, like hysterical blindness, lack understood neural mechanisms.
- Diagnosis relies on excluding neurological disease and normal neurophysiological findings.
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