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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Body representations"”.
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Lesion identification and the effect of lesion on motor mapping after stroke
… is reorganization or remapping of functional representations around the motor cortex. This mechanism has been shown in monkeys, but results in human subjects have been variable. In this thesis, I used a database that includes longitudinal behavioral and multimodal imaging data in both stroke …
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Grasping information and collaborating through shape displays
… to interact with computers through our whole body - to not only visually perceive information, but to engage with it through multiple senses has inspired human computer interaction (HCI) research for decades. Shape displays address this challenge by rendering dynamic physical shapes through …
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Disturbances of multisensory processing in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a behavioural and neurophysiological account
… in low and high schizotypes (iii) exploring how body representation abnormalities in both schizophrenic patients and high schizotypes affect basic processes of self-perception. In line with previous research showing a reduced multisensory acuity in schizophrenia, results from Chapter Three …
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Revealing mnemonic representations of the body in the brain
… and memory maintenance of visually perceived body-related information. Chapter 1 reviews current accounts in the overall memory field. Secondly, it reviews evidence for the presence of a memory system to encode and maintain body-related information in working memory. Chapter 2 describes the …
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O fascinio e a espetacularização como pedagogias corporais no world of warcraft
“O Fascínio e a Espetacularização como Pedagogias Corporais no World Of Warcraft.”, 247p. Tese (Doutorado), Faculdade de Educação, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-Bahia, 2016. O corpo sempre exerceu fascínio e os homens fizeram dele um dispositivo simbólico e cultural. Com o surgimento das …
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The Discursive Production of Subjectivity in Television News: Reflecting the Other on the Obese Child's Body
… poststructuralist and feminist theories of the body, gender, and subjectivity through an analysis of media discourse on childhood obesity. Through textual and narrative analyses of news segments on childhood obesity, I demonstrate that the obese child's body, as an abnormal body, is represented …