Implicit body representations and the conscious body image

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-168

  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; Hand; Somatosensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865807993     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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