Full title: The body has a mind of its own : how body maps in your brain help you do (almost) everything better / Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee.

Author/creator: Blakeslee, Matthew, Blakeslee, Sandra.

Call Numbers: N150/157

Record Identifier: 74VKzVKE6vOM

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., The body mandala, or, How your brain maps the world -- The little man in the brain, or, Why your genitals are even smaller than you think -- Dueling body maps, or, Why you still feel fat after losing weight -- The homunculus in the game, or, When thinking is as good as doing -- Plasticity gone awry, or, When body maps go blurry -- Broken body maps, or, Why Dr. Strangelove couldn't keep his hand down -- The bubble around the body, or, Why you seek elbow room -- Sticks and stones and cyberbones, or, The end of the body as we know it? -- Mirror, mirror, or, Why yawning is contagious -- Heart of the mandala, or, My insula made me do it -- Afterword, or, The you-ness of you.

Publishers: New York : Random House, c2007.

Notes: Includes index.

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DDC: 150

MMS ID: 991023455079702626