Body in mind
Subtitle: a new look at the somatosensory cortices
By: Michael Schaefer.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers; Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9781608769551
Subjects: Sensorimotor cortex; Somesthesia; Somatosensory Cortex -- physiology; Body Image; Neuronal Plasticity -- physiology; Phantom Limb -- rehabilitation; Social Perception
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Jeff's hand; title: Long-term plasticity in SI : phantom limbs and the existence of the soul; title: Short-term modulations in SI : how using a tool can change our body schema and other examples of top-down mechanisms in SI; title: SI represents the perceived rather than the physical image of the body; title: The two-folded character of touch : viewing the own body magnified; title: Morphing the body; title: My body and your body : SI and the social world; title: Dr. Strangelove and the evil hand; title: Using the dynamic facet of the body image for neurological rehabilitation; title: Conclusion : consequences for the image of our self.