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The Neurobiology of the Body Schema

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2018

W. J. K. Cumming
W. J. K. Cumming*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR, UK
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Extract

The history of a concept of a body schema is linked with the fact that the discovery that there is such a thing as a permanent, albeit vague perception that one has of one's own body, has been mainly in observations of its pathological manifestation in the clinic.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue S2: The Psychopathology of Body Image , 1988 , pp. 7 - 11
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Copyright © 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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