BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online

Distorted body representations in healthy cognition

Longo, Matthew R. (2016) Distorted body representations in healthy cognition. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 70 (3), pp. 378-388. ISSN 1747-0218.

[img]
Preview
Text
13592.pdf - Author's Accepted Manuscript

Download (1MB) | Preview

Abstract

Delusions and misperceptions about the body are a conspicuous feature of numerous neurological and psychiatric conditions. In stark contrast to such pathological cases, the immediacy and familiarity of our ordinary experience of our body can make it seem as if our representation of our body is highly accurate, even infallible. Recent research has begun to demonstrate, however, that large and systematic distortions of body representation are a normal part of healthy cognition. Here, I will describe this research, focusing on distortions of body representations underlying tactile distance perception and position sense. I will also discuss evidence for distortions of higher-order body representations, such as the conscious body image. Finally, I will end with a discussion of the potential relations among different body representations and their distortions.

Metadata

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis, available online at the link above.
Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Body Representation, Touch, Proprioception, Body Image, Somatosensory
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
Research Centres and Institutes: Brain and Cognitive Development, Centre for (CBCD)
Depositing User: Matthew Longo
Date Deposited: 11 Feb 2016 10:08
Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:19
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/13592

Statistics

6 month trend
807Downloads
6 month trend
492Hits

Additional statistics are available via IRStats2.

Archive Staff Only (login required)

Edit/View Item
Edit/View Item