How We Recognize Our Bodies As Our Own
By taking advantage of a "body swap" illusion, researchers have captured the brain regions involved in one of the most fundamental aspects of self-awareness: how we recognize our bodies as our own, distinct from others and from the outside world. That self-perception is traced to specialized multisensory neurons in various parts of the brain that integrate different sensory inputs across all body parts into a unified view of the body. Read more...
Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228881.php
Discovery Could Result In More Effective Cognitive Therapy, Smarter Brain Games
In the 1983 movie "A Man with Two Brains," Steve Martin kept his second brain in a jar. In reality, he had two brains inside his own skull - as we all do, one on the left and one on the right hemisphere. When it comes to seeing the world around us, each of our two brains works independently and each has its own bottleneck for working memory. Read more...
Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/229096.php
By taking advantage of a "body swap" illusion, researchers have captured the brain regions involved in one of the most fundamental aspects of self-awareness: how we recognize our bodies as our own, distinct from others and from the outside world. That self-perception is traced to specialized multisensory neurons in various parts of the brain that integrate different sensory inputs across all body parts into a unified view of the body. Read more...
Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228881.php
Discovery Could Result In More Effective Cognitive Therapy, Smarter Brain Games
In the 1983 movie "A Man with Two Brains," Steve Martin kept his second brain in a jar. In reality, he had two brains inside his own skull - as we all do, one on the left and one on the right hemisphere. When it comes to seeing the world around us, each of our two brains works independently and each has its own bottleneck for working memory. Read more...
Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/229096.php
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