Disturbances of the body image affecting its shape

Following the classification of body image disturbances from Lukianowicz (1967), the disturbances of the body image affecting its shape include a variety of types, among which autoscopy (see here) and reduplication of the body image are most frequently encountered as aura symptoms in migraine, two phenomena occurring jointly in the so-called out-of-body experiences.

Migraine Art: Out-of-body experience with duplicate phantom body and autoscopy. © 2007 Migraine Action Association and Boehringer Ingelheim

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