{"product_id":"body-am-i-isbn-9780262046596","title":"Body Am I","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression, decorated with clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, tattoos, and piercings. But the body is more than that. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In \u003ci\u003eBody Am \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003eI\u003c\/u\u003e, Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the body, and how that experience contributes to our sense of self. Along the way, he explores what can happen when the mechanisms of bodily awareness are disturbed, leading to such phenomena as phantom limbs, alien hands, and amputee fetishes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCostandi explains that the brain generates maps and models of the body that guide how we perceive and use it, and that these maps and models are repeatedly modified and reconstructed. Drawing on recent bodily awareness research, the new science of self-consciousness, and historical milestones in neurology, he describes a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders that result when body and brain are out of sync, including not only the well-known phantom limb syndrome but also phantom breast and phantom penis syndromes; body integrity identity disorder, which compels a person to disown and then amputate a healthy arm or leg; and such eating disorders as anorexia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWide-ranging and meticulously researched, \u003ci\u003eBody Am I\u003c\/i\u003e (the title comes from Nietzsche’s \u003ci\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e) offers new insight into self-consciousness by describing it in terms of bodily awareness.1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Bodily Awareness 9\u003cbr\u003e3 Body Ownership 25\u003cbr\u003e4 Representations 39\u003cbr\u003e5 Multisensory Integration 69\u003cbr\u003e6 Agency 91\u003cbr\u003e7 Distortions 113\u003cbr\u003e8 Interoception 133\u003cbr\u003e9 Add-Ons 145\u003cbr\u003e10 Conclusion 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements 171\u003cbr\u003eGlossary 173\u003cbr\u003eNotes 177\u003cbr\u003eIndex 201\"[An] illuminating and detailed investigation . . . Costandi’s fascinating study reveals the astonishingly subtle and intricate relationship that exists between our brains and our bodies, and shows how fragile – but also how wondrous – our sense of self really is.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e– The Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A deeply enjoyable review of the latest scientific findings that makes you realize that you actually knew nothing before about your own body.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Frederique de Vignemont, deputy director of the Jean Nicod Institut and author of \u003ci\u003eMind the Body: An Exploration of Bodily Self-Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating and mind-stretching page-turner. If you think you can understand the brain in isolation from its body, think again with Costandi's illuminating journey deep into their inseparable and curious relationship.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—David Eagleman, neuroscientist at Stanford University, author of \u003ci\u003eLivewired\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIncognito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An absorbing and expansive read that unpacks a bundle of fascinating, shocking, and sometimes heart-breaking case histories. \u003ci\u003eBODY AM I\u003c\/i\u003e raises vital questions about our relationships with the fleshy vehicles that carry us through life, the nature of identity, and what it means to be human.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eLindsey Fitzharris, NYTimes Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Facemaker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMoheb Costandi, trained as a neuroscientist, is a science writer based in London whose work has appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNeuroplasticity \u003c\/i\u003e(MIT Press) and \u003ci\u003e50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305316503781,"sku":"NP9780262046596","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262046596.jpg?v=1767722898","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/body-am-i-isbn-9780262046596","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}