Body in mind : a new look at the somatosensory cortices / / Michael Schaefer

• Autore: Schaefer Michael <1952->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (97 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.8/11
• Soggetto topico: Sensorimotor cortex; Somesthesia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Jeff's hand -- Long-term plasticity in SI : phantom limbs and the existence of the soul -- Short-term modulations in SI : how using a tool can change body image and 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 body magnified -- Morphing the body -- My body and your body : SI and the social world -- Dr. Strangelove and the evil hand -- Using the dynamic facet of the body image for neurorehabilitation -- Conclusion : consequences for the image of our self.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Body in mind
• ISBN: 1-61209-803-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954549403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Neurology--laboratory and clinical research development series.