The body has a mind of its own
Subtitle: new discoveries about how the mind-body connection helps us master the world
By: Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee.
Contributors: Blakeslee, Matthew.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781400064694
Subjects: Mind and body
Table of contents: title: The body mandala, or, How your brain maps the world; title: The little man in the brain, or, Why your genitals are even smaller than you think; title: Dueling body maps, or, Why you still feel fat after losing weight; title: The homunculus in the game, or, When thinking is as good as doing; title: Plasticity gone awry, or, When body maps go blurry; title: Broken body maps, or, Why Dr. Strangelove couldn't keep his hand down; title: The bubble around the body, or, Why you seek elbow room; title: Sticks and stones and cyberbones, or, The end of the body as we know it?; title: Mirror, mirror, or, Why yawning is contagious; title: Heart of the mandala, or, My insula made me do it; title: Afterword, or, The you-ness of you.