"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"--

1 Introduction 1
2 Bodily Awareness 9
3 Body Ownership 25
4 Representations 39
5 Multisensory Integration 69
6 Agency 91
7 Distortions 113
8 Interoception 133
9 Add-Ons 145
10 Conclusion 165
Acknowledgements 171
Glossary 173
Notes 177
Index 201