Body am I: the new science of self-consciousness

"Costandi explains the neuroscience behind how we view our selves and our bodies, drawing from neurological studies on our sense of agency and free will, the neural correlates of mental representations, mirror neurons, and how the brain perceives timing and sensory consequences. He explores case studies of amputees with phantom limb syndrome, people with Body Integrity Identity Disorder (who have a desire to amputate healthy limbs they feel don't belong to them) and post-op transsexuals"--

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bodily Awareness -- 3 Body Ownership -- 4 Representations -- Head and Schilder -- The Little Man in the Brain -- Remapping -- How Many Body Representations? -- 5 Multisensory Integration -- Sight -- Proprioception and Touch -- Hearing -- Development of Multisensory Integration -- 6 Agency -- Agency-a Sense of Control -- Alien Hands -- Free Will -- Action Models -- Motor Control Malfunctions -- The Ideomotor Effect -- Action-Perception -- 7 Distortions -- Alice in Wonderland Syndrome -- Anorexia -- Body Dysmorphic Disorder -- Pain -- Anesthesia -- Drugs -- 8 Interoception -- Interoception and Bodily Self-Consciousness -- The Insula -- Emotions -- 9 Add-Ons -- Peripersonal Space -- Tool Use -- Prosthetic Limbs -- 10 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Index.