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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 612
EAN: 9780812975277
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0812975278
Label: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: September 09, 2008
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Release Date: September 09, 2008
Studio: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Features:- ISBN13: 9780812975277
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Your body has a mind of its own. You know it's true. You can sense it, even though it may be hard to articulate. You know that your body is more than a vehicle for your brain to cruise around in, but how deeply are mind and body truly interwoven?Answers can be found in the emerging science of body maps. Just as road maps represent interconnections across the landscape, your many body maps represent all aspects of your bodily self. Your self doesn't begin and end with your physical body but extends into the space around you. When you drive a car, your personal body space grows to envelop it. When you play a video game, your body maps automatically track and emulate the actions of your character onscreen. If your body maps fall out of sync, you may have an out-of-body experience or see auras around other people.The Body Has a Mind of Its Own explains how you can tap into the power of body maps to do almost anything better: play tennis, strum a guitar, ride a horse, dance a waltz, empathize with a friend, raise children, cope with stress. Filled with illustrations, wonderful anecdotes, and even parlor tricks that you can use to reconfigure your body sense, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own will change the way you think about what it takes to have a conscious mind inside a feeling body.The authors take a provocative look at the emerging science of how the mind and body intertwine to create the embodied, feeling self. The authors discuss how the science of body mapping has far-reaching applications, from weight loss to recovery from stroke.Paperback, 240 pages. Published September, 2008.
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This book is all about body maps (sensory maps, motor maps and several higher order maps) and how with the help of these maps we coordinate our movements and actions. I found the book comprehensive and very easy to read. It succeeds in giving you a big picture but includes just enough examples to make it understandable without being boring or getting into too many details.
You will also find an overview of what is being studied by several different scientists and their teams relating ... Read More
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This is a good book for passing some spare time: say, three hours or so. The authors have nothing new to say, and literate readers will already know most of the things presented here, but "The Body has a Mind of its Own" serves well as a digest.
One annoying point is the excessively casual style of the prose. There is a superabundance of pronouns (especially "you" and "we") in what seems to be an attempt to make the information appealing to the masses. Alas, the approach comes off as appealing ... Read More
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The Blakeslees have produced a wonderful piece of popular science writing. Fascinating, clearly written and up-to-date, it eschews the more impenetrable specialist details of the neurologists' trade without speaking down to the reader or oversimplifying. I found it a dazzling follow-up read to Damasio's "Descartes Error", since whose publication so much new science has emerged.
What that science has found is maps. Lots and lots of maps. They are referred to repeatedly as homunculi, but the ... Read More
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Well-written, easy to understand and even witty. It gives insight into many physiological and psychological processes. It helped me understand why I was able to reconnect with some damaged body functions after a stroke, just by thinking of "re-inhabiting" those areas.
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The book was suggested to me by a fellow yoga teacher. As someone who works on the mind-body-spirit connection it was fascinating to read about the the science and experiments that are mapping out these connections. The chapters on how to change body image were especially well done. I think it radically expanded my understanding and sensitivity to body maps. I could not put it down.
Very interesting and strongly recommended. Can't wait to pass this book on to friends.
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