LOSS OF TEMPORAL LOCALIZATION AS A MANIFESTATION OF DISTURBED SELF-AWARENESS
Louis H. Cohen M. D.1, and
Gregory N. Rochlin M. D.1
1 The Research Service, The Male Psychiatric Service, The Worcester State Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts
A case is reported in which a patient presenting a history of some kind of "convulsive" disorder was found to have a loss of the ability to localize past events in time. This defect was studied intensively and has been explained as due to disturbed self-awareness. This explanation was supported by other evidence of disturbed self-awareness, namely, experiences indicative of disorganization of the body-self.
