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| ArticleTitle | Body image: extension of conceptual world through tools |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Atsushi Iriki |
| Affiliation | RIKEN Brain Science Institute & Tokyo Medicine Dental University |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 22 (2), 88-94, 2006 |
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| Accepted | |
| Abstract | A form of thought using abstract "concept" would characterize higher cognitive brain function unique to hominids. The concept of the "self-body" which might have emerged and further extended through the tool-use behavior should comprise a precursor of such a mental function during the course of the primate evolutionary process. Inspired with such an idea, we have conducted a series of experiments to challenge neurobiological mechanisms of human intelligence, which I would like to describe here by following our own previous findings. And finally, I would like to depict a future perspective of the studies as a direct extension of such thoughts. |
| Keywords | intraparietal cortex, tool-use, body image, single unit recordings, japanese monkey |
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