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The body has a mind of its own : how body maps in your brain help you do (almost) everything better
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- Creator
- Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Random House, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1400064694, 9781400064694
- OCLC
- ocn301119707, ocm77270823
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- The body mandala, or, Maps, maps, everywhere -- 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: The you-ness of you