Background and aim Patients with functional neurological symptoms are commonly seen in
neurological practice. Nevertheless their aetiopathology remains unclear. We have recently
shown that patients affected by functional motor symptoms (FMS) present lower
interoceptive awareness and higher alexithymia levels than healthy controls. Nevertheless
sense of body ownership has never been studied in FMS patients. The aim of the present
study was to systematically investigate the sense of body ownership, with the rubber hand …