Editing Depersonalization (section)

== Research directions ==
Interest in DPDR has increased over the past few decades, leading to a large accumulation of literature on dissociative disorders. There has been a shift towards the use of research studies, rather than [[case studies]] to understand depersonalization.<ref name=":0" /> However, there remains a lack of solid consensus on its definition and scales used for assessment.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Simeon-2004" /> Salami and colleagues argued that studies of [[electrophysiological]] depersonalization-derealization markers are urgently needed, and that future research should use analysis methods that can account for the integration of [[interoceptive]] and [[Proprioception|exteroceptive]] signals.<ref name=":1" />

The Depersonalisation Research Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry in London conducts research into [[depersonalization disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/iopweb/departments/home/?locator=911&context=main |title=Depersonalisation Research Unit – Institute of Psychiatry, London |access-date=2006-11-07 |archive-date=2007-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118095449/http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/iopweb/departments/home/?locator=911&context=main |url-status=live }}</ref> Researchers there use the acronym DPAFU (Depersonalisation and Feelings of Unreality) as a shortened label for the disorder.

In a 2020 article in the [[Journal Nature]], Vesuna, et al. describe experimental findings which show that layer 5 of the retrosplenial cortex is likely responsible for dissociative states of consciousness in mammals.