"A survey of the human hand from an evolutionary biology and cognitive neuroscience perspective. Argues that the "invisible hand" of the nervous system is what makes the human hand such an evolutionary success"--
Sprache
Verlagsort
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Illustrationen
71 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Maße
Höhe: 226 mm
Breite: 174 mm
Dicke: 38 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55187-8 (9780262551878)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Matthew R. Longo is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, University of London, where he directs the Body Representation Laboratory.
Preface: The Visible and Invisible Hands
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms Used
1 The Visible Hand
2 The Sensing Hand
3 The Moving Hand
4 The Acting Hand
5 The Exploring Hand
6 The Embodied Hand
7 The Hand in Space
8 The Expert Hand
9 The Diseased Hand
10 The Extended Hand
11 The Evolving Hand
12 The Developing Hand
13 The Bilateral Hand
14 The Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands
15 The Communicating Hand
Epilogue: The Future of the Invisible Hand
Notes
References
Index
