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Thèse Année : 2011

Body Schema plasticity after tool-use

Plasticité du Schéma Corporel suite à l'utilisation d'outil

Résumé

We all have a body: our own body and just one body. Through it, we move, we interact with the world and other persons, we perceive, basically we live. It's a unique essential object. If it is true that we have only one physical body, we also have many representations of it in the brain. There is little agreement about the exact number of body representations in the brain, but not on the fact that we have more than one. The multi-componential models of body representation are based on the notion, supported by scientific evidence that different activities demand and rely on specifically adapted representations. In my thesis, I studied one particular body representation that is used and involved in action planning and execution, i.e. the Body Schema. I have been able to describe and measure the plasticity of the Body Schema and its level of specificity in healthy individuals. In particular, using a tool-use paradigm, I showed that the Body Schema is quickly and efficiently updated once a change in the body configuration occurs. With a series of kinematic studies, I contributed unveiling the ingredients that rule the plasticity of the BS and the sensory information that is used to this purpose. As a result of my thesis, I suggest that a clearer definition and operational description of the Body Schema, as an action-devoted repertoire of effectors representations, is possible, particularly thanks to its plastic features.
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tel-00663187 , version 1 (26-01-2012)
tel-00663187 , version 2 (26-01-2012)

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Lucilla Cardinali. Body Schema plasticity after tool-use. Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]. Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I, 2011. English. ⟨NNT : ⟩. ⟨tel-00663187v2⟩
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