# Mind the Body  ## Metadata - Author: [[Frédérique de Vignemont]] - Full Title: Mind the Body - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: In "Mind the Body," Frédérique de Vignemont explores the experience of bodily ownership and how it goes beyond just feeling sensations in body parts. The book discusses various empirical findings, such as the rubber hand illusion, to show that ownership of one's body involves more than just attention to sensations. Ultimately, the sense of ownership is complex and influenced by both visual and tactile experiences. - URL: https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/242169946 - Source File: Mind the Body Bodily Self-Awareness by Frederique de Vignemont.pdf ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > To achieve a rich spatial content, I will argue that one needs a map of the body that is a representation of the enduring properties of the body, including its configuration and its dimensions. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdev8ytzcksc8p7k09gkn6k7)) > The body map is thus the background on which bodily sensations are experienced, their spatial frame of reference. To some extent, it plays the role that the visual field plays for visual experiences but there is an important difference: the visual field is always perspectival in the sense that it displays what is seen from the spatial perspective of the subject, whereas the body map is not perspectival. T ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jdeva3wvjc01gt5vxvn7edc1))