The multisensory basis of the self: From body to identity to others

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 597-609

  Tsakiris, Manos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body awareness; Body ownership; Interoception; Multisensory; Self; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SENSATION;

BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SENSATION;

EID: 84969265173     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1181768     Document Type: Article

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