Body am I : the new science of self-consciousness / Moheb Costandi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costandi, Moheb, author.

Series:

The MIT Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-consciousness (Awareness).

Cognition.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Costandi explains the neuroscience behind how we view our selves and our bodies, drawing from neurological studies on our sense of agency and free will, the neural correlates of mental representations, mirror neurons, and how the brain perceives timing and sensory consequences. He explores case studies of amputees with phantom limb syndrome, people with Body Integrity Identity Disorder (who have a desire to amputate healthy limbs they feel don't belong to them) and post-op transsexuals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Bodily Awareness

3 Body Ownership

4 Representations

Head and Schilder

The Little Man in the Brain

Remapping

How Many Body Representations?

5 Multisensory Integration

Sight

Proprioception and Touch

Hearing

Development of Multisensory Integration

6 Agency

Agency-a Sense of Control

Alien Hands

Free Will

Action Models

Motor Control Malfunctions

The Ideomotor Effect

Action-Perception

7 Distortions

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Anorexia

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Pain

Anesthesia

Drugs

8 Interoception

Interoception and Bodily Self-Consciousness

The Insula

Emotions

9 Add-Ons

Peripersonal Space

Tool Use

Prosthetic Limbs

10 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Index.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-262-36871-4

0-262-36870-6

OCLC:

1310468411