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The world at our fingertips : a multidisciplinary exploration of peripersonal space / edited by Frédérique De Vignemont [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy of mind.
- Mind and body.
- Cognitive science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Research into peripersonal space has yielded exciting discoveries across many fields, from anthropology to cognitive neuroscience. Bringing these perspectives together, 'The World at Our Fingertips' presents a fresh, accessible dialogue, challenging entrenched ideas about the way people see and understand the world around them.
- Contents:
- cover
- Half title
- The World at Our Fingertips
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I
- 1. Peripersonal space: A special way of representing space
- 2 Peri-personal space as an interface for self-environment interaction: A critical evaluation and look ahead
- 3 Close is better: Visual perception in peripersonal space
- 4 Functional networks for peripersonal space coding and prediction of impact to the body
- 5 Visuo-tactile predictive mechanisms of peripersonal space
- 6 Functional actions of hands and tools influence attention in peripersonal space
- 7 Dissecting the experience of space as peripersonal
- Part II
- 8 Do we represent peripersonal space?
- 9 What do 'peripersonal space measures' really reflect? The action field perspective
- 10 Feeling the world as being here
- 11 The dual structure of touch: The body versus peripersonal space
- 12 Sameness of place and the senses
- 13 The structure of egocentric space
- Part III
- 14. Peripersonal space, bodily self-awareness, and the integrated self
- 15 The social dimension of peripersonal space
- 16 Action and social spaces in typical development and in autism spectrum disorder
- 17 Risk-taking behaviour as a central concept in evolutionary biology
- 18 Human emotional expression and the peripersonal margin of safety
- Index.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-188646-7
- 0-19-259260-2
- OCLC:
- 1243537278
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