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[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

Article on the neurology of the human sense of self:
http://www.metanexus.net/metanexus_online/show_article.asp?8521

There's a brief mention of multiplicity, with misinformation, but it isn't anywhere near the focus of the article. Views aside, though, does point to the possibility of multiplicity being a biological thing rather than something that has to be induced.

[Addendum: Jargon warning. You may want to keep a dictionary handy.]

Comments

[eridanusus.livejournal.com]

Wow, I didn't understand any of that. :P Cool though

[szczur-system.livejournal.com]

Er... agreed. Haha ^_^

[pengke.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty interesting article but it doesn't have a lot to do with multiplicity. They're talking about a different sense of self: the physical self. They're looking at the neurological components that allow us to physically sense our body and tell what is part of our body and what isn't. Then they're taking those components and examining the processes of meditation, dissociation, and ritual states to see how the components change. Usually our perception of our physical self and the world around us changes in those states and this article is examining why or how that happens. You might want to share the article with the otherkin communities because it would link in well with the people who say they can physically feel wings and tails.

There is research into the other sense of self that ties in with multiplicity. The current belief is that infants do not have the cognitive development to differentiate between themselves and their mother. As our brain develops, we begin to distinguish between me and not-me and that dichotomy eventually becomes our sense of self. One theory is that multiplicity can occur due to an abnormality in that stage of development.

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

I noted that it was a bit tangental when posting.
Also, each individual in the system I'm part of has a definate internal spatial location - I figured others might also, and might be interested in how it could tie in.

Then again, we've got an odd sense of the body to begin with. It may or may not be related. :)

- An.