Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness

215 Pages·2022·6.534 MB·English

by  Moheb Costandi

Body Am I

Body Am I
The New Science of Self- Consciousness
Moheb Costandi
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Costandi, Moheb, author.
Title: Body am I : the new science of self-consciousness / Moheb Costandi.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021061882 (print) | LCCN 2021061883 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780262046596 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780262368704 (epub) |
ISBN 9780262368711 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Self-consciousness (Awareness) | Cognition. | Neurosciences.
Classification: LCC BF311 .C697 2022 (print) | LCC BF311 (ebook) |
DDC 153—dc23/eng/20220411
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021061882
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021061883
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For my children: Discover your selves, and have the courage to be who
you are, not who others want you to be.

Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Bodily Awareness 9
3 Body Ownership 25
4 Representations 39
5 Multisensory Integration 69
6 Agency 91
7 Distortions 113
8 Interoception 133
9 Add- Ons 145
10 Conclusion 165
Acknowledgments 171
Glossary 173
Notes 177
Index 201