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Book SynopsisFollowing on from Shaun Gallagher's influential 2005 book How the Body Shapes the Mind, this volume brings together leading experts from the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry in a productive dialogue, exploring key questions and debates about the relationship between body schema and body image.
Trade Reviewa most precise, clear compendium of knowledge * Annika Reinersmann, Perception *
Overall, this text is surprisingly readable and accessible. The issues are clearly explained, and readers will feel at the cutting edge of an important research trend. * J. F. Richeimer, CHOICE *
Table of ContentsPart I: Theoretical clarification:Body schema and body image 1: Frédérique de Vignemont, Victor Pitron, and Adrian J.T. Alsmith: What is the body schema? 2: David Morris: The space of the body schema: putting the schema in movement 3: Jan Halák: Body schema dynamics in Merleau-Ponty 4: Helena De Preester: A radical phenomenology of the body: subjectivity and sensations in body image and body schema 5: Shogo Tanaka: Body schema and body image in motor learning: refining Merleau-Ponty>'s notion of body schema 6: Shaun Gallagher: Reimagining the body image 7: Andreas Kalckert: The body in the German neurology of the early 20th century Part II: Brain, body and self 8: Daniele Romano and Angelo Maravita: Plasticity and tool use in the body schema 9: Noriaki Kanayama and Kentaro Hiromitsu: Triadic body representations in the human cerebral cortex and peripheral nerves 10: Matej Hoffmann: Body models in humans, animals, and robots 11: Philippe Rochat and Sara Valencia Botto: From implicit to explicit body awareness in the first two years of life 12: Shu Imaizumi, Tomohisa Asai, and Michiko Miyazaki: Cross-referenced body and action for the unified self: empirical, developmental, and clinical perspectives 13: Manos Tsakiris and Rosie Drysdale: Growing up a self: on the relation between body image and the experience of the interoceptive body Part III: Disorders, anomalies and therapies 14: Jonathan Cole: The embodied and social self: insights on body image and body schema from neurological conditions 15: Yves Rossetti, Laurence Havé, Anne-Emmanuelle Priot, Laure Pisella, and Gilles Rode: Unilateral body neglect: schemas vs images? 16: Jasmine Ho and Bigna Lenggenhager: Neurological underpinnings of body image and body schema disturbances 17: Britt Normann: Body schema and body image disturbances in individuals with multiple sclerosis 18: Katsunori Miyahara: Body-schema and pain 19: Masayuki Hara, Olaf Blanke, and Noriaki Kanayama: Feeling of a presence and anomalous body perception 20: Yochai Ataria and Aviya Ben David: The body-image-body-schema/ownership-agency model for pathologies: four case studies
