Understanding the Nature of the Body Model Underlying Position Sense.

Intro -- I Introduction -- I.1 The role of proprioception in position sense -- I.2 A body representation underlying position sense -- I.3 Measuring the body model -- I.4 The relation between the body model and somatosensory distortions -- I.5 Dissociation between body image and body model -- I.6 Thesis Overview: Aim and Structure of the Thesis -- I.6.1 Comparing hand and object distortions -- I.6.2 Comparing implicit vs. explicit judgments of an item shape index -- I.7 Chapter organization. -- I.7.1 Chapter 1: Objects exhibit body model like shape distortions -- I.7.2 Chapter 2: The role of visual similarity and memory in body model distortions -- I.7.3 Chapter 3: Conceptual biases explain distortion differences between hand and object in localization tasks -- II General discussion -- II.1 What drives hand and object distortions in localization tasks? -- II.1.1 Somatosensory distortions -- II.1.2 General mechanisms in hand distortions -- II.1.3 Same distortions, different causes -- II.2 A multimodal version of the body model mediating position sense -- II.3 How many body representations do we need? -- III Conclusion -- III.1 Supplementary material -- IV Declaration of the contribution of the candidate -- V Chapter 1: Objects exhibit body model like shape distortions -- VI Chapter 2: The role of visual similarity and memory in body model distortions -- VII Chapter 3: Conceptual biases explain distortion differences between hand and objects in localization tasks -- VIII Bibliography.

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