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Golf Clubs Change How You Perceive Your Physical Body, New Possibilities Emerge for Amputees

Next time you pick up your golf club your brain may do more than look for a long fairway.

Recent studies suggest that the brain views tools as extensions of the body.

The simple act of holding a mechanical tool, such as a golf club, “temporarily modifies the cerebral representation of a subject’s arm,” said Lucilla Cardinali, lead author of the study.

Essentially, individuals think their arm is temporarly longer. The cognitive schema for ‘body’ momentarily adapts and grows in size. And all of this takes place without your conscious awareness.

For more, check out the story on Yahoo…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090626/hl_hsn/grabatoolandchangeyourbrain

John Schinnerer

One Response to “Golf Clubs Change How You Perceive Your Physical Body, New Possibilities Emerge for Amputees”

  1. John Schinnerer says:

    And if you think the brain only adapts to golf clubs as extensions of the body, check out this video to see how the brain extends the body to inlclude a BMX bike…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4P3yp6mFfY

    The brains of these riders have shifted the cognitive schema to include the bike as an extension of their body. No doubt.
    John Schinnerer, Ph.D.

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