Tool use imagery triggers tool incorporation in the body schema

Tool use imagery triggers tool incorporation in the body schema

Tool-use has been shown to modify the way the brain represents the metrical characteristics of the effector controlling the tool. For example, the use of tools that elongate the physical length of the arm induces kinematic changes affecting selectively the transport component of subsequent free-hand...

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Main Authors: Matteo eBaccarini, Marie eMartel, Lucilla eCardinali, Olivier eSillan, Alessandro eFarnè, Alice C Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
kinematics
body representation
action
tool-use
Mental Imagery
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00492/full

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