title: Anticipating seizure: pre-reflective experience at the center of neuro-phenomenology.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show through the concrete example of epileptic seizure anticipation how neuro-dynamic analysis (using new mathematical tools to detect the dynamic structure of the neuro-electric activity of the brain) and "pheno-dynamic" analysis (using new interview techniques to detect the pre-reflective dynamic micro-structure of the corresponding subjective experience) may guide and determine each other. We will show that this dynamic approach to epileptic seizure makes it possible to consolidate the foundations of a cognitive non pharmacological therapy of epilepsy. We will also show through this example how the neuro-phenomenological co-determination could shed new light on the difficult problem of the "gap" which separates subjective experience from neurophysiological activity.
authors.affiliation: Institut National des Télécommunications (GET/INT), Paris, France. claire.petitmengin@int-evry.fr
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petitmengin
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: Michel Le Van
authors.initials: Mle V
authors.lastname: Quyen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D001828:Body Image; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003243:Consciousness; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008959:Models, Neurological; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept