The Invisible Hand
Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Human Hand Function
Published on 15. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
520 pages
978-0-262-55187-8 (ISBN)
Description
"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"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
71 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
718 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-55187-8 (9780262551878)
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04/2025
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Matthew R. Longo is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, University of London, where he directs the Body Representation Laboratory.
Content
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
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