Author(s)

Javier Álvarez-Rodríguez

Servicio de Psiquiatría, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.

We analyze certain mental automatisms appearing in the consciousness with phenomenological features of simple partial seizures (SPSs). We propose to include all these phenomena into a cognitive function to which we term hyperia. In this paper, we analyze the similarities between the nature of this cognitive function and the mechanisms used by our brain to elicit neuronal plasticity.

Bipolar Disorder, Glutamate, Partial Seizures, RDoC, Repetition, Reflex Epilepsies, Schizophrenia

Álvarez-Rodríguez, J. (2016) The Hypothesis of Hyperia from the Perspective of Neuronal Plasticity. Open Journal of Medical Psychology, 5, 17-26. doi: 10.4236/ojmp.2016.51003.