The Somatosensory System: Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image / Edition 1

by Randall J. Nelson

Overview

The somatosensory system is unique in that it conveys information to the central nervous system (CNS) about both external and internal sensory environments. Recent technological and conceptual advances in the field have allowed great strides to be made in the description and understanding of how the CNS manages information about its own image. This knowledge, apart from its obvious scientific merit, is quickly leading to clinical applications in the realm of neurorehabilitation after the peripheral nerve injury and during recovery from stroke.

The Somatosensory System: Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image presents both new and past research in the understanding of how the brain deals with its own body image. It provides a review of pertinent literature and offers comprehensive descriptions of state-of-the-art technical approaches. The material includes new frameworks for the conceptualization of the system's representations, scientific and clinical applications that stem from these approaches based on the new concepts, and a discussion of new directions and new tools for the study of the interface of the brain and the body.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367396732
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/23/2019
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Central Organization of the Body Image. The Periphery and its Contribution to the Body Image. Orientation and the Body Image. Learning and Attention. Applications for Deciphering the Code. Models of the Body Image. Changing the Body Image.

Editorial Reviews

Thirty-three international specialists contribute fourteen chapters to this text on new research on the somatosensory system. Coverage includes the organization of the central representation(s) of the somatosensory periphery; the periphery's contributions to the body image; the effects of unusual environmental conditions on guidance and sensation; the effect of orientation on the body image; the influence of higher-order concepts on sensory responsiveness; tools for studying sensory inputs; models of the somatosensory system for predicting how it deals with peripherally driven challenges in its body image; and the sculpting of central representations of the sensory periphery in time and space. Intended for members of the scientific and medical communities, including those interested in sensory processing, sensorimotor integration, ergometry, robotics, rehabilitative medicine, neurology, and neurosurgery, as well as graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in these areas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)