Body Identity: Towards the Subjective Body

Mirucka, Beata

doi:10.15804/kie.2017.04.03

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“…In conformity with the ESM, multisensory integration provides the foundation for shaping coherent mental representations of the body (Mirucka, 2018). The presented studies have demonstrated that schizophrenia is very closely linked to the manner in which somatosensory experience is organised into mental body representations.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…According to the hypothetical embodiment model adopted here (Mirucka, 2018), the progression of body experience involves three principal phases: the first and the most basic level is that of neuronal maps, the second is the level of mental representations (including body schema, body image and body awareness), and the ultimate third phase consists in bodily identity senses (cf. Figure 1).…”

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“…The study presented in this paper was intended to shed some light on how the disturbance of body experience works in persons with schizophrenia in reference to the Embodied Subject Model (Mirucka, 2018). The model points to philosophical theory, mainly phenomenological (e.g., F. Chirpaza, M. Merleau-Ponty), neurocognitive (e.g., S. Gallagher, A. R. Damasio, D. F. de Vignemont) and psychodynamic-developmental (e.g., D. W. Krueger, J. Bowlby, H. Kohut, D. W. Winnicott).…”

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Mental Representations of the Body and Malleability of the Sense of Body Ownership in Schizophrenia within the Embodied Subject Model

Mirucka,

Kisielewska

2023

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The presented study was intended to shed some new light on the disturbance of body experience in persons with schizophrenia in reference to the Embodied Subject Model. The model proposes to complement theoretical linkages between concepts related to bodiness – body self and mental representations of the body (body schema, body image, body awareness) and a relatively new concept of body identity. The main research questions were: Given that persons with schizophrenia are characterised by the painful experience of their body as an external object, would they also manifest i/ weakened sensorimotor integration mechanisms, ii/ disordered mental representations of the body, iii/ weakened sense of body ownership? 41 individuals with schizophrenia and 41 matched controls participated in the Rubber Hand Illusion procedure. Body representations were measured with a Battery of Tests of the Body Self Representations. The individuals with schizophrenia showed lower scores in three body representations and greater susceptibility to the rubber hand illusion. It suggests that the explanation of susceptibility to disturbances in the sense of body ownership should be focused on the deficient structure of mental representations of the body.

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Mental Representations of the Body and Malleability of the Sense of Body Ownership in Schizophrenia within the Embodied Subject Model

Mirucka,

Kisielewska

2023

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“…The second is body schema, which in turn is based on information from proprioceptive sources [ 40 ]. The last, relatively new theoretical proposition concerns the sense of body states and is based on a wide range of interoceptive experiences [ 41 ]. Each of the paradigms refers to different levels of experiencing one’s own body and also sets out a different methodology for studying these experiences.…”

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Experiencing one’s own body and body image in living kidney donors–A sociological and psychological study

2021

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Background The aim of the study was to perform an in-depth exploratory analysis of the experience and image of one’s body among living kidney donors. Method The research was carried out using mixed methodology. The study on experiencing one’s own body was carried out using the sociological methodology of the grounded theory (qualitative research). This method was supplemented with psychometric measurement–the Body Esteem Scale (quantitative research). The basic research method was the in-depth interview. Using this method, a group of 25 living kidney donors who had not experienced any serious health or psychological problems after donation was examined. The participants of the study came from three transplant centers in Poland. Results The data from the sociological interviews indicate that the donors: 1. do not experience radical changes in the functioning of their body; 2. maintain full control over it and do not feel the absence of a kidney in the body; 3. consciously and reflectively take care of their body after donation. In addition, the sociological research indicates that caring for one’s own body also includes the transferred organ. The kidney donors experience a kind of bodily identity extension, including the recipient’s body. However, the personal and social identity of the studied kidney donors is not disturbed in any way. The psychometric data correspond to the sociological results and indicate: 1. a lack of extreme emotional assessments about one’s body; 2. awareness of one’s own body and consistency of its image; 3. reduced emotional assessment of body zones directly related to the surgery; 4. differences in body image between the sexes. Conclusions The research results presented in the text indicate not only the possibility, but also the need for triangulation of research methods in the study of the experience and image of one’s own body in living kidney donors. The proposed research approach employing mixed methodology within the fields of sociology and psychology for researching the phenomenon of living kidney donation is not very common.

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The Effect of Experimental Manipulation of Self-Objectification on Creative Potential in Adolescents

Mirucka

Kisielewska

2022

Creativity Research Journal

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Body Identity: Towards the Subjective Body

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

Mental Representations of the Body and Malleability of the Sense of Body Ownership in Schizophrenia within the Embodied Subject Model

Mental Representations of the Body and Malleability of the Sense of Body Ownership in Schizophrenia within the Embodied Subject Model

Experiencing one’s own body and body image in living kidney donors–A sociological and psychological study

The Effect of Experimental Manipulation of Self-Objectification on Creative Potential in Adolescents

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