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ReviewCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences2025

Insights from Ecstatic Epilepsy: From Uncertainty to Metacognitive Feelings.

Nina M Sooter, Federico Seragnoli, Fabienne Picard

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Review in Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nina M SooterGeneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Federico SeragnoliInstitute of Psychology, Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fabienne PicardDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland. fabienne.picard@hug.ch.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ecstatic epilepsy is a rare form of focal epilepsy linked to the anterior insula in which patients experience a blissful state with a unique set of symptoms, including a feeling of physical well-being, mental clarity, a sense of oneness with the universe, and time dilation. In this chapter, we reflect on how these symptoms coincide with our current knowledge of the insula's functions and explore how this stunning natural model can further inform our understanding of the insula's role in the sentient self, uncertainty and surprise monitoring, and metacognitive feelings.

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EmotionsEpilepsies, PartialInsular CortexMetacognitionHumansUncertaintyEcstatic epilepsyInsulaMetacognitive feelingMystical experienceSelf-awarenessUncertainty

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PMID39436631

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