Implicit body representations and the conscious body image
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Highlights
► Somatosensation relies on highly distorted representations of the body. ► When compared with a visual template, the conscious body image is largely veridical. ► When compared with a metric standard, the body image retains distortions. ► Different body image measures access different body representations. ► Suggests continuum of body representations
PsycINFO classification
2300 Human Experimental Psychology
2320 Sensory Perception
2380 Consciousness States
Keywords
Body image
Body representation
Hand
Somatosensation
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