Characterizing the body model: how age, sex, and training moderate the body model

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dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Lara
dc.contributor.supervisorGonzalez, Claudia L. R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-11T18:21:17Z
dc.date.available2022-01-11T18:21:17Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.degree.levelPh.Den_US
dc.description.abstractWe rely on body representation to guide our actions in the environment. We gain knowledge on the size and shape of our bodies both through offline (memory) and online (somatosensory signals) information. Based on evidence from double dissociation studies, body representation has been divided into the body image (offline visual representation of the body) and body schema (online somatosensory representation that guides action). However, there is no agreement on their definitions as different models explain these taxonomies in unique ways. Moreover, a third taxonomy has been recently proposed, the body model. In this thesis, I characterize and contrast the three taxonomies of body representation with respect to somatosensory feedback, the effects of age, sex, and training. I propose that the body model is haptic based and long-term representation, that is sexually dimorphic. I end by discussing whether the body model is a unique representation of the body.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada University of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6125
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectNeurosciences [0317]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectBiomechanics [0648]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectBiology [0306]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectBody representationen_US
dc.subjectbody modelen_US
dc.subjecthanden_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.subjectBody imageen_US
dc.subjectBody schemaen_US
dc.subjectCognitive neuroscienceen_US
dc.subjectCognitive psychologyen_US
dc.subjectHuman bodyen_US
dc.subjectSomatosensory cortexen_US
dc.titleCharacterizing the body model: how age, sex, and training moderate the body modelen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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