The flubbed body: Pathological body size representation in personal neglect

The different impact of attention, movement, and sensory information on body metric representation

“…Traditionally, the terms body schema and body image have been extensively used to conceptualise one’s own body representation ( Gallagher, 1986 , 2005 ); however, different representations have emerged at different times throughout the literature and, despite numerous studies that have been dedicated to investigating body representations, a clear-cut theory or model providing a full explanation of the relationships between the different bodily representations remains difficult to delineate (e.g., de Vignemont, 2010 ; Longo, 2022 ). Although the notion of body representation is in itself yet to be unanimously characterised, current literature does offer a critical and reliable body of evidence indicating that body representation is highly plastic and malleable (e.g., Caggiano et al, 2021 ; Martel et al, 2016 , 2021 ; Medina & Coslett, 2010 ) and can be affected by pathological conditions, such as acquired brain damage (e.g., Bassolino et al, 2022 ; Caggiano et al, 2020 ; Garbarini et al, 2015 ; Mora et al, 2023 ; Tosi et al, 2018 ) and limb amputation (e.g., Canzoneri et al, 2013 ; Rognini et al, 2019 ; Sato et al, 2017 ).…”