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How does posture constrain the developing bodily self? Hot off the press from #ChildDevelopment, may I introduce to you our article on #BodyRepresentation in #childhood? w/ @dcowiedurham, @Andy_Bremner, @SamKeenaghan et al)
@DurhamPsych @Uppsala_BabyLab bit.ly/2C8Ao0Z
@DurhamPsych @Uppsala_BabyLab bit.ly/2C8Ao0Z
What is this article about?
The feeling of inhabiting a body is fundamental for self-experience. Here, localisation of our body parts (e.g. hands) and the feeling of ownership over it are crucial. We wanted to know how different postures of hands impacts #BodyRepresentation.
The feeling of inhabiting a body is fundamental for self-experience. Here, localisation of our body parts (e.g. hands) and the feeling of ownership over it are crucial. We wanted to know how different postures of hands impacts #BodyRepresentation.
What did we do?
We used the classic #RubberHandIllusion paradigm to investigate how children's perceptions of their own body were influenced by the match between a viewed fake hand and their own. Here, the posture of the fake hand either matched or did not match their own hand's
We used the classic #RubberHandIllusion paradigm to investigate how children's perceptions of their own body were influenced by the match between a viewed fake hand and their own. Here, the posture of the fake hand either matched or did not match their own hand's
