Embarrassment as the aura of a complex partial seizure

Orrin Devinsky, David A. Hafler, Jonathan Victor

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Abstract

A man with a grade II astrocytoma in the medial frontal lobe exhibited complex partial seizures, with the aura being a feeling of extreme embarrassment. This previously unreported ictus suggests that an electric discharge in the prefrontal cortex may produce the opposite effect of prefrontal lesions, in which there is a lack of insight and an absence of the capacity for embarrassment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1284-1285
Number of pages2
JournalNeurology
Volume32
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1982
Externally publishedYes

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