{"product_id":"body-am-i-the-new-science-of-self-consciousness-hardcover","title":"Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMoheb Costandi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression, decorated with clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, tattoos, and piercings. But the body is more than that. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In \u003ci\u003eBody Am \u003c\/i\u003eI, Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the body, and how that experience contributes to our sense of self. Along the way, he explores what can happen when the mechanisms of bodily awareness are disturbed, leading to such phenomena as phantom limbs, alien hands, and amputee fetishes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCostandi explains that the brain generates maps and models of the body that guide how we perceive and use it, and that these maps and models are repeatedly modified and reconstructed. Drawing on recent bodily awareness research, the new science of self-consciousness, and historical milestones in neurology, he describes a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders that result when body and brain are out of sync, including not only the well-known phantom limb syndrome but also phantom breast and phantom penis syndromes; body integrity identity disorder, which compels a person to disown and then amputate a healthy arm or leg; and such eating disorders as anorexia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWide-ranging and meticulously researched, \u003ci\u003eBody Am I\u003c\/i\u003e (the title comes from Nietzsche's \u003ci\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e) offers new insight into self-consciousness by describing it in terms of bodily awareness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoheb Costandi, trained as a neuroscientist, is a science writer based in London whose work has appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNeuroplasticity \u003c\/i\u003e(MIT Press) and \u003ci\u003e50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767356883232,"sku":"9780262046596","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d853cb7ea9a11d72c4a49d8ab4f439cf.webp?v=1780309859","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/body-am-i-the-new-science-of-self-consciousness-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}