The body has a mind of its own how body maps in your brain help you do (almost) everything better /
A critical analysis of the interaction between the mind and the body describes how the brain maps out every part of the body and the space around it and how the brain controls the ability to sense, move, and act in the physical world.
| Main Author: | Blakeslee, Sandra. |
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| Other Authors: | Blakeslee, Matthew. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
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Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- The body mandala, or, Maps, maps, verywhere
- The little man in the brain, or, Why your genitals are even smaller than you think
- Dueling body maps, or, Why you still feel fat after losing weight
- The homunculus in the game, or, When thinking is as good as doing
- Plasticity gone awry, or, When body maps go blurry
- Broken body maps, or, Why Dr. Strangelove couldn't keep his hand down
- The bubble around the body, or, Why you seek elbow room
- Sticks and stones and cyberbones, or, The end of the body as we know it?
- Mirror, mirror, or, Why yawning is contagious
- Heart of the mandala, or, My insula made me do it
- Afterword, or, The you-ness of you.