Description: "Costandi explains the neuroscience behind how we view our selves and our bodies, drawing from neurological studies on our sense of agency and free will, the neural correlates of mental representations, mirror neurons, and how the brain perceives timing and sensory consequences. He explores case studies of amputees with phantom limb syndrome, people with Body Integrity Identity Disorder (who have a desire to amputate healthy limbs they feel don't belong to them) and post-op transsexuals"--
Review Quotes: "[An] illuminating and detailed investigation . . . Costandi's fascinating study reveals the astonishingly subtle and intricate relationship that exists between our brains and our bodies, and shows how fragile - but also how wondrous - our sense of self really is."
- The Guardian