What Is It Like to Have a Body?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-145

  Longo, Matthew R ^a   Haggard, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body image; body representation; embodiment; rubber hand illusion; self consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858743910     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411434982     Document Type: Review

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