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- Title
Tool use induces complex and flexible plasticity of human body representations.
- Authors
Longo, Matthew R.; Serino, Andrea
- Abstract
Plasticity of body representation fundamentally underpins human tool use. Recent studies have demonstrated remarkably complex plasticity of body representation in humans, showing that such plasticity (1) occurs flexibly across multiple time scales and (2) involves multiple body representations responding differently to tool use. Such findings reveal remarkable sophistication of body plasticity in humans, suggesting that Vaesen may overestimate the similarity of such mechanisms in humans and non-human primates.
- Subjects
HUMAN body; MATERIAL plasticity; TOOLS; PRIMATES; TIME; ESTIMATION bias
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2012, Vol 35, Issue 4, p229
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X11001907