Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better Book

Introduction: The Embodied Brain     3
The Body Mandala: or, Maps, Maps, Everywhere     7
The Little Man in the Brain: or, Why Your Genitals Are Even Smaller Than You Think     15
Dueling Body Maps: or, Why You Still Feel Fat After Losing Weight     28
The Homunculus in the Game: or, When Thinking Is as Good as Doing     54
Plasticity Gone Awry: or, When Body Maps Go Blurry     71
Broken Body Maps: or, Why Dr. Strangelove Couldn't Keep His Hand Down     98
The Bubble Around the Body: or, Why You Seek Elbow Room     109
Sticks and Stones and Cyberbones: or, The End of the Body as We Know It?     138
Mirror, Mirror: or, Why Yawning Is Contagious     163
Heart of the Mandala: or, My Insula Made Me Do It     180
Afterword: The You-ness of You     203
Acknowledgments     209
Glossary     211
Index     217