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Taking a conscious look at the body schema

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Jonathan P. Maxwell ,
Richard S. W. Masters  and
John van der Kamp
Jonathan P. Maxwell
Affiliation:
Institute of Human Performance, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong [email protected]@hku.hk
Richard S. W. Masters
Affiliation:
Institute of Human Performance, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong [email protected]@hku.hk
John van der Kamp
Affiliation:
Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Free University Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]
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Abstract

Dijkerman & de Haan (D&dH) propose a somatosensory perceptual pathway that informs a consciously accessible body image, and an action pathway that provides information to a body schema, which is not consciously accessible. We argue that the body schema may become accessible to consciousness in some circumstances, possibly resulting from cross talk, but that this may be detrimental to skilled movement production.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 216 - 217
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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