| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 334 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half title -- The World at Our Fingertips -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I -- 1. Peripersonal space: A special way of representing space -- 2 Peri-personal space as an interface for self-environment interaction: A critical evaluation and look ahead -- 3 Close is better: Visual perception in peripersonal space -- 4 Functional networks for peripersonal space coding and prediction of impact to the body -- 5 Visuo-tactile predictive mechanisms of peripersonal space -- 6 Functional actions of hands and tools influence attention in peripersonal space |
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7 Dissecting the experience of space as peripersonal -- Part II -- 8 Do we represent peripersonal space? -- 9 What do 'peripersonal space measures' really reflect? The action field perspective -- 10 Feeling the world as being here -- 11 The dual structure of touch: The body versus peripersonal space -- 12 Sameness of place and the senses -- 13 The structure of egocentric space -- Part III -- 14. Peripersonal space, bodily self-awareness, and the integrated self -- 15 The social dimension of peripersonal space |
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16 Action and social spaces in typical development and in autism spectrum disorder -- 17 Risk-taking behaviour as a central concept in evolutionary biology -- 18 Human emotional expression and the peripersonal margin of safety -- Index |
| Summary |
Research into peripersonal space has yielded exciting discoveries across many fields, from anthropology to cognitive neuroscience. Bringing these perspectives together for the first time, The World at Our Fingertips presents a fresh, accessible dialogue, challenging entrenched ideas about the way people see and understand the world around them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 17, 2021) |
| Subject |
Philosophy of mind.
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Cognitive science.
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Mind and body.
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Cognitive science
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Mind and body
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Philosophy of mind
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vignemont, Frédérique de, editor.
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Serino, Andrea, editor.
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Wong, Hong Yu, editor.
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Farnè, Alessandro, editor.
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| ISBN |
0191886467 |
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9780191886461 |
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9780192592606 |
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0192592602 |
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9780192592613 |
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0192592610 |
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