Plasticity and Awareness of Bodily Distortion
Joint Authors
Pazzaglia, Mariella
Zantedeschi, Marta
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Knowledge of the body is filtered by perceptual information, recalibrated through predominantly innate stored information, and neurally mediated by direct sensory motor information.
Despite multiple sources, the immediate prediction, construction, and evaluation of one’s body are distorted.
The origins of such distortions are unclear.
In this review, we consider three possible sources of awareness that inform body distortion.
First, the precision in the body metric may be based on the sight and positioning sense of a particular body segment.
This view provides information on the dual nature of body representation, the reliability of a conscious body image, and implicit alterations in the metrics and positional correspondence of body parts.
Second, body awareness may reflect an innate organizational experience of unity and continuity in the brain, with no strong isomorphism to body morphology.
Third, body awareness may be based on efferent/afferent neural signals, suggesting that major body distortions may result from changes in neural sensorimotor experiences.
All these views can be supported empirically, suggesting that body awareness is synthesized from multimodal integration and the temporal constancy of multiple body representations.
For each of these views, we briefly discuss abnormalities and therapeutic strategies for correcting the bodily distortions in various clinical disorders.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pazzaglia, Mariella& Zantedeschi, Marta. 2016. Plasticity and Awareness of Bodily Distortion. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1113410
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pazzaglia, Mariella& Zantedeschi, Marta. Plasticity and Awareness of Bodily Distortion. Neural Plasticity No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1113410
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pazzaglia, Mariella& Zantedeschi, Marta. Plasticity and Awareness of Bodily Distortion. Neural Plasticity. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1113410
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1113410