Motor cognition what actions tell the self - Jeannerod, Marc (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-198) and indexes
Representations for actions -- Imagined actions as a prototypical form of action representation -- Consciousness of self-produced actions and intentions -- The sense of agency and the self-other distinction -- How do we perceive and understand the actions of others -- The simulation hypothesis of motor cognition
"Motor Cognition' describes the field of motor cognition - one to which the author's contribution has been seminal. The book examines how the motor actions we perform and watch others perform play a pivotal role in the construction of the 'self"--Our ability to acknowledge and recognise our own identity