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The Art of Touch
In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch. Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able to touch or experience touch, or to have to go without it-as so many did and still do because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They explore how transmissions such as texting may impede opportunities for touch, while those like Zoom may make it possible for people who otherwise might be left behind to stay "in touch." From the experience of touching beloved animals to the life-changing ways in which books and performances can touch us, virtually all aspects of touch are acknowledged in these pages.
Somatosensory Research Methods
This volume provides methods on the study of the systems of the brain. Chapters are divided into four parts covering; discriminative touch, proprioception and kinaesthesis, affective touch, individual differences due to atypical development, ageing, illusions and sensory substitution, microneurography, electrophysiology, brain imaging, and brain stimulation. In Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your research center and clinical investigation. Thorough and comprehensive, Somatosensory Research Methods aims to be comprehensive guide for researchers.
The Interoceptive Mind
Interoception is the body-to-brain axis of sensations that originates from the internal body and visceral organs. The Interoceptive Mind: From Homeostasis to Awareness offers a state-of-the-art overview of, and insights into, the role of interoception for mental life, awareness, subjectivity, affect, and cognition.
How to Feel
We are out of touch. Many people fear that we are trapped inside our screens, becoming less in tune with our bodies and losing our connection to the physical world. But the sense of touch has been undervalued since long before the days of digital isolation. Because of deeply rooted beliefs that favor the cerebral over the corporeal, touch is maligned as dirty or sentimental, in contrast with supposedly more elevated modes of perceiving the world. How to Feel explores the scientific, physical, emotional, and cultural aspects of touch, reconnecting us to what is arguably our most important sense. Sushma Subramanian introduces readers to the scientists whose groundbreaking research is underscor...
Neural Mechanisms
This volume brings together new papers advancing contemporary debates in foundational, conceptual, and methodological issues in cognitive neuroscience. The different perspectives presented in each chapter have previously been discussed between the authors, as the volume builds on the experience of Neural Mechanisms (NM) Online – webinar series on the philosophy of neuroscience organized by the editors of this volume. The contributed chapters pertain to five core areas in current philosophy of neuroscience. It surveys the novel forms of explanation (and prediction) developed in cognitive neuroscience, and looks at new concepts, methods and techniques used in the field. The book also highlights the metaphysical challenges raised by recent neuroscience and demonstrates the relation between neuroscience and mechanistic philosophy. Finally, the book dives into the issue of neural computations and representations. Assembling contributions from leading philosophers of neuroscience, this work draws upon the expertise of both established scholars and promising early career researchers.
한없이 가까운 세계와의 포옹
팬데믹 종식 이후에 우리가 진정 되찾아야 할 일상이 무엇인지 답하는 책이다. 이 책이 내놓는 답은 촉각 경험의 회복과 안전한 신체접촉 문화이다. 인도 출신 미국 이민자 가정에서 성장하며 촉각에 대한 문화 간의 차이를 경험했고, 본인 스스로가 신체접촉에 심한 거부감을 느꼈던 저자는 먼저 촉각에 대한 뿌리 깊은 오해의 문화적 맥락을 철학, 역사, 문화, 종교 등을 통해 폭넓게 검토하고, 신체접촉이 정서에 미치는 영향을 과학적으로 탐구한다. 그 끝에 저자가 내리는 결론은 자신에게도 타인의 따뜻한 손길이 절실했다는 깨달음이다.
Raising a Socially Successful Child
We all want our to children to learn the social skills they need to thrive. Yet many kids are struggling to connect, often with no apparent reason why. What with the steep rise in screen time and the social learning lost to Covid quarantines and school closures, many kids haven't had sufficient opportunity to learn all the rules of nonverbal behaviour. In Raising a Socially Successful Child, Dr. Stephen Nowicki reveals how to identify the non-verbal areas where a child might be struggling, and equips readers with a set of simple exercises for helping any child learn how to: - Follow the rhythm of conversations - Respect the boundaries of personal space - Learn to express and read emotions in facial expressions and body language - Understand the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touch - Sense a person's mood based on their tone of voice Drawing on decades of research, as well as dozens of case studies, Raising a Socially Successful Child is a much-needed, practical guide to helping children master the non-verbal skills they need to succeed in life.
The Ceiling Outside
'Astute, compassionate, and brilliant' Siri Hustvedt Vanessa wakes from a coma having forgotten ten years of her life. Toussaint is haunted by voices. Claire loses the use of her hand because of an inexplicable pain. Noga Arikha began studying these patients to explore how our physical experiences inform our identities. The question took on unexpected urgency when Arikha's own mother began to show signs of Alzheimer's disease. Weaving together stories of her subjects' troubles and her mother's decline, Arikha searches for meaning in the science she set out to study. The result is an unforgettable journey across the ever-shifting boundaries between ourselves and each other. As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, philosopher Noga Arikha grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self. 'Fascinates on every page' Lisa Appignanesi, author of Mad, Bad and Sad 'Will leave you humanly richer and, wonder of wonders, at peace with yourself' Antonio Damasio, author of Descartes' Error
The Nervous System Reset
Are overwhelming anxiety and emotional issues affecting your ability to perform at work? Are issues like IBS and chronic fatigue impacting your relationships? Do you want to learn how to regulate your stress and pain and feel at home in your body again? Physiotherapist and neurophysiology expert, Jessica Maguire wants to help you understand the root cause of many of our health issues – our dysregulated nervous system. In The Nervous System Reset, Maguire explains why your vagus nerve is key to emotional, digestive and physical health, and how to engage it to help reset your nervous system. You’ll learn how to: Break free from nervous system dysregulation Get unstuck from feelings of anxiety, freeze and shut down Make lifestyle changes to support your emotional and physical health Understand your body better, giving you greater agency and autonomy Better your relationships by equipping yourself with the tools you need to thrive This book will give you the tools you need to discover the power of your nervous system and harness it for improved health.
