Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.