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.
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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.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| 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: | School of Science > 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: | 09 Jun 2021 12:53 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/13592 |
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