Scientific Reports
October 22, 2026
Robin Bekrater-Bodmann
Abstract: The amputation of a limb requires substantial physical and psychosocial adjustment to a changed life situation. As a prosthesis often facilitates this process, its integration into one’s body representation, referred to as prosthesis embodiment, has been proposed as a marker of adjustment. Building on previous evidence that negative consequences of limb amputation are reflected in how...
Scientific Reports
March 22, 2025
Martin Diers, Michael Schredl, Herta Flor et al.
2 citations
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common consequence of the amputation of a limb. Individuals with congenital limb absence (here: congenital amputees), however, seem to rarely experience PLP. Previous results suggest that the experience of PLP in the waking state affects the recalled body appearance in dreams of individuals with acquired limb amputation, with PLP being associated with the recall of...
Personality disorders
March 1, 2025
Annette Löffler, Dieter Kleinböhl, Dorothee Maria Gescher et al.
Dissociation describes a state of altered consciousness in which self-related functions are no longer integrated. In its extreme form, the self is perceived as detached from the physical body, resulting in so-called out-of-body experiences (OBEs). It has been previously proposed that altered bottom-up sensory integration contributes to this kind of dissociative self-experience, which is...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
March 1, 2020
Annette Löffler, Nikolaus Kleindienst, S. Cackowski et al.
ABSTRACT Body ownership, i.e., the certainty that own body parts belongs to oneself, is a fundamental feature of self-consciousness. Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often show symptoms of dissociation, describing a state of detachment from reality including their own body. However, up to now, there is no study that a) quantifies body ownership experiences in BPD, b) compares...
Frontiers in Psychology
2020
Robin Bekrater-Bodmann, Ruben T Azevedo, Vivien Ainley et al.
25 citations
The perception of being located within one's body (i.e., bodily self-location) is an essential feature of everyday self-experience. However, by manipulating exteroceptive input, healthy participants can easily be induced to perceive themselves as being spatially dislocated from their physical bodies. It has previously been suggested that interoception, i.e., the processing of inner...
PLoS One
2015
Robin Bekrater-Bodmann, Michael Schredl, Martin Diers et al.
The experience of post-amputation pain such as phantom limb pain (PLP) and residual limb pain (RLP), is a common consequence of limb amputation, and its presence has negative effects on a person's well-being. The continuity hypothesis of dreams suggests that the presence of such aversive experiences in the waking state should be reflected in dream content, with the recalled body representation...