Body in mind : a new look at the somatosensory cortices

著者

• Schaefer, Michael

書誌事項

Body in mind : a new look at the somatosensory cortices

Michael Schaefer

（Neurology : laboratory and clinical research developments）

Nova Science Publishers, c2010

• pbk.

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

How do we perceive our body and where is it represented in our brain? Since decades it has been known that the primary somatosensory cortex (or SI) codes the surface of our body in a topographical way. Classic studies understand this body map representation in SI as fix and reflecting the physical location of peripheral stimulation in the form of the famous somatosensory homunculus. This book reports results of recent studies that challenge this view and suggest a more complex role of SI.

目次

• Introduction: Jeff's hand
• Long-term plasticity in SI: Phantom limbs & the existence of the soul
• Short-term modulations in SI: How using a tool can change our body schema & other examples of top-down mechanisms in SI
• SI represents the perceived rather than the physical image of the body
• The two-folded character of touch: Viewing the own body magnified
• Morphing the body
• My body & your body: SI & the social world
• Dr Strangelove & the evil hand
• Using the dynamic facet of the body image for neurological rehabilitation
• Conclusion: Consequences for the image of our self
• Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB09014435
• ISBN:
  • 9781608769551
• LCCN: 2009050561
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: x, 85 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QP383.15
  • NLM : WL 307
  • DC22 : 612.8/11
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Sensorimotor cortex
  • LCSH : Somesthesia
  • MESH : Somatosensory Cortex -- physiology
  • MESH : Body Image
  • MESH : Neuronal Plasticity -- physiology
  • MESH : Phantom Limb -- rehabilitation
  • MESH : Social Perception
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB02147270