Mind the body : an exploration of bodily self-awareness / Frederique de Vignemont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vignemont, Frédérique de, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-consciousness (Awareness).

Mind and body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Exploration of bodily self-awareness

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

A comprehensive treatment of bodily awareness, exploring questions such as: How do I perceive my body? What makes me feel this specific body is my own? These questions are vividly illustrated with examples of bodily illusions and puzzling bodily disorders, which lead us to question some of our most basic intuitions.

Contents:

Part I. Body snatchers. Whose body?

Over and above bodily sensations ; The immunity of the sense of ownership

Part II. Body-builder. Bodily space

The body map theory ; A multimodal account of bodily experience ; My body among other bodies ; Taxonomies of body representations

Part III. Bodyguard. The bodyguard hypothesis ; The narcissistic body

Appendix 1. Bodily illusions

Appendix 2. Neurological and psychiatric bodily disorders

Appendix 3. Somatoparaphrenia.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-253668-0

0-19-105475-5

0-19-179984-X