Xenomelia: A Social Neuroscience View of Altered Bodily Self-Consciousness
Frontiers in Psychology March 12, 2013 P. Brugger, B. Lenggenhager, M. Giummarra
Xenomelia, the “foreign limb syndrome,” is characterized by the non-acceptance of one or more of one’s own extremities and the resulting desire for elective limb amputation or paralysis. Formerly labeled “body integrity identity disorder” (BIID), the condition was originally considered a psychological or psychiatric disorder, but a brain-centered Zeitgeist and a rapidly growing interest in the...