Your Brain Thinks Tools Are Part of Your Body
2009-06-29 – 08:55Interesting new paper titled “Tool-use induces morphological updating of the body schema“, summarized in this Discover blog post: “using a tool for even a brief amount of time caused volunteers to update their body schema, and to consider the tool a part of their bodies.” The effect is subtle, but measurable. Question: how many software tools have this effect?
4 Responses to “Your Brain Thinks Tools Are Part of Your Body”
Heidegger did this first!
By Jorge on Jun 29, 2009
Really? What experiments did he run?
By Greg Wilson on Jun 29, 2009
Well, I have an Emacs pinky. Does that count?
By Matt Doar on Jun 29, 2009
Greg. Just because the scientific method is a useful tool doesn’t mean it is the only tool. And yes, this is a retread something Heidegger explored years ago. Though it is always nice to see science catching up.
By John Eikenberry on Jun 29, 2009