Introduction: The Embodied Brain | p. 3 |
The Body Mandala: or, Maps, Maps, Everywhere | p. 7 |
The Little Man in the Brain: or, Why Your Genitals Are Even Smaller Than You Think | p. 15 |
Dueling Body Maps: or, Why You Still Feel Fat After Losing Weight | p. 28 |
The Homunculus in the Game: or, When Thinking Is as Good as Doing | p. 54 |
Plasticity Gone Awry: or, When Body Maps Go Blurry | p. 71 |
Broken Body Maps: or, Why Dr. Strangelove Couldn't Keep His Hand Down | p. 98 |
The Bubble Around the Body: or, Why You Seek Elbow Room | p. 109 |
Sticks and Stones and Cyberbones: or, The End of the Body as We Know It? | p. 138 |
Mirror, Mirror: or, Why Yawning Is Contagious | p. 163 |
Heart of the Mandala: or, My Insula Made Me Do It | p. 180 |
Afterword: The You-ness of You | p. 203 |
Acknowledgments | p. 209 |
Glossary | p. 211 |
Index | p. 217 |
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