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Body has a mind of its own : how body maps in your brain help you do  everything better. Cover Image Book Book

Body has a mind of its own : how body maps in your brain help you do everything better

Blakeslee, Sandra (Author). Blakeslee, Matthew. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780812975277
  • ISBN: 0812975278
  • Physical Description: 228p. ; 21cm.
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, 2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- The body mandala, or, Maps, maps, everywhere -- The little man in the brain, or, Why your genitals are even smaller than you think -- Dueling body maps, or, Why you still feel fat after losing weight -- The homunculus in the game, or, When thinking is as good as doing -- Plasticity gone awry, or, When body maps go blurry -- Broken body maps, or, Why Dr. Strangelove couldn't keep his hand down -- The bubble around the body, or, Why you seek elbow room -- Sticks and stones and cyberbones, or, The end of the body as we know it? -- Mirror, mirror, or, Why yawning is contagious -- Heart of the mandala, or, My insula made me do it.
Subject: Brain Localization of functions
Mind and body

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