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How many representations of the body?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Frédérique de Vignemont
Frédérique de Vignemont
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Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS-EHESS-ENS, 75005 Paris, France. fvignemont@isc.cnrs.frhttp://www.institutnicod.org/notices.php?user=de+Vignemont
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Abstract

Based on functional differences, Dijkerman & de Haan (D&dH) emphasize the duality of somatosensory processing, and therefore of body representations. But how many body representations do we really have? And what kind of criterion can we use to distinguish them? I review here the empirical and conceptual difficulties in drawing such distinctions, and the way to progress.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 204 - 205
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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