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Body schema

Body schema is an organism's internal model of its own body, including the position of its limbs. The neurologist Sir Henry Head originally defined it as a postural model of the body that actively organizes and modifies 'the impressions produced by incoming sensory impulses in such a way that the final sensation of body position, or of locality, rises…

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Extended body schema

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Tool use

Confusion with body image

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Body schema

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples108
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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Body schema

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related to Tool use · 10
Body schema → Extensive, However, In, Not, Recent, Studies, The, These, Thus, When
related to Adaptable · 8
Body schema → For, Illusion, In, One, Participants, Plastic, Short-term, The
related to history · 8
Body schema → Body, British, English, Gordon Morgan Holmes, Head, Henry Head, Holmes, The
related to Updated with movement · 8
Body schema → As, Each, For, Graziano, Neurons, Similar, The, These
related to Dissenting arguments · 7
Body schema → An, Evidence, However, Some, The, This, When
related to Confusion with body image · 6
Body schema → Body, Both, Efforts, Historically, In, It
related to Phantom limb · 6
Body schema → Another, In, Phantom, The, This, Thus
related to Autotopagnosia · 5
Body schema → Autotopagnosia, Because, For, Patients, The
related to Spatial encoding · 5
Body schema → An, Haggard, The, This, Wolpert
related to Supporting arguments · 5
Body schema → In, Moving, Subjects, The, To

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body schema visual sensory also space movement hand limb tactile tools may position use image limbs would tool wool brain

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Body schemais aorganism's internal model of its own body0.90text
hand gesturesinstance ofInterpersonal projection of one's body schema plays an important role in successfully imitating motions0.80text
especially while maintaining the handednessinstance ofInterpersonal projection of one's body schema plays an important role in successfully imitating motions0.80text
location of the gestureinstance ofInterpersonal projection of one's body schema plays an important role in successfully imitating motions0.80text
but not necessarily copying the exact motion itself.Updated with movementA working body schema must be able to interactively track the movementsinstance ofInterpersonal projection of one's body schema plays an important role in successfully imitating motions0.80text
positions of body parts in spaceinstance ofInterpersonal projection of one's body schema plays an important role in successfully imitating motions0.80text
but not necessarily copying the exact motion itselfinstance ofInterpersonal projection of one's body schema plays an important role in successfully imitating motions0.80text
sentence readinginstance ofWhen he was tested for hemispatial neglect using traditional measures0.80text
cancellation testsinstance ofWhen he was tested for hemispatial neglect using traditional measures0.80text
E.D.S. showed few signsinstance ofWhen he was tested for hemispatial neglect using traditional measures0.80text
upon later examination showed no signs whatsoeverinstance ofWhen he was tested for hemispatial neglect using traditional measures0.80text
leading doctors to believe he was normalinstance ofWhen he was tested for hemispatial neglect using traditional measures0.80text

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