Contrary to previous theories which used multiple sensory inputs including touch and vision, these results demonstrate that messages coming from muscle receptors are enough to change the
internal body representation.
But he can also see the findings gained with this test method helping to stimulate the brain networks responsible
for body representation, thus keeping them active.
And while the lion's share of attention is given to the homosexual relationship between the two women, Leilo and co-writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz, adapting their script from a novel by Naomi Alderman, provide a stunning, full
bodied representation of the man caught in the middle as well.
«Acid Fields» continues the artist's investigation of
body representation in contemporary art, and acts as an epilogue to his two previous solo shows; «Hollow Flesh» at Agial Gallery, Beirut and «Fluid Being» at Green Art Gallery, Dubai.
Opening Reception: May 3rd 2011, 6 - 9 pm Exhibition Dates: 3/05/2011 - 3/06/2011 In his first solo exhibition in Dubai, Lebanese artist Shawki Youssef will present a series of new works reflecting his ongoing exploration of
body representations within painting.
The discovery provides new insight into clinical conditions
where body representation in the brain is disrupted due to changes in the central or peripheral nervous systems e.g. stroke, schizophrenia and phantom limb syndrome following amputation.
Not only does she looks great and is wearing yellow, the new trendiest color (RIP millennial pink), but finally some
real body representation is happening.
«The more severely the spinal cord is damaged, the longer the response time needed to assess pictures of the body, and the greater the alteration of the full -
body representation in the brain,» says Gassert.
When the artificial finger and the right index finger were moved synchronously, subjects reported they were holding their own index finger: the brain incorrectly incorporated the artificial finger into its
internal body representation.
In his first solo exhibition in Dubai, Lebanese artist Shawki Youssef will present a series of new works reflecting his ongoing exploration of
body representations within painting.
Based on results like these, Case and her colleagues hypothesise that some female - to - male trans individuals may have an internal
body representation that is closer to being anatomically male than female.
«This test can help hospital staff to objectively determine the extent to which
the body representation in the brain has been altered,» he says.
Whether and to what extent damage to the spinal cord alters
the body representation, however, is still a matter of dispute among experts and doctors.
«This approach could help keep
the body representation «awake» even after a spinal cord injury.
In the study, the researchers used an established test to analyse whether and to what extent
the body representation in paraplegics differs from that in healthy individuals.
As Gassert concludes, «
The body representation is thus distorted, and those affected have greater difficulty solving the assigned task.»
The nurses and mannequins are strangely erotic,
their bodies a representation of James» repressed sexual frustrations and fantasies.
Live in your Head: Action,
Body Representation, Monash University Faculty Gallery, Caulfield, Australia
Her large scale paintings (not in this exhibition) and her current collages serve to quiet the voices and images that have often denied women, specifically of the African Diaspora, a more full -
bodied representation.
visible soldering lines on its façade form distinct horizontal and vertical axes, making
the body a representation of physical and spatial experiences.