PSYC 309 Quiz: Body Representation.docx
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Different parts of the strip represent different part of the body. Feet adjacent to genitals stimulation of feet might also affect adjacent regions. If lose limb, part in brain that directs limb still exists and functions. Body a construct in the mind body image. Internal sense of the body constructed in the brain. Can get phantom pain from every part of the body. Pain most common feeling associated with phantom limbs. On the other side of the brain fissure, posterior side of frontal lobe beside sensorimotor homunculus. A problem of imitating gestures on demand. Knows where all her body parts are but can"t interact with objects in conventional ways. Social component meaningful gestures for social interactions have problems; symbolic representation. People with left brain damage have more problems with imitating tasks than patients with right brain damage. Mannequin test: 17. 9/20 (no bd) 16. 2/20 (rbd) 9. 5/20 (lbd)
