body image

Japanese: body image(英語表記)bodyimage
body image

…Similar phenomena, although rare, are also seen when the breast or penis is amputated. Phantom limbs were described in the 16th century by the French surgeon A. Paré, but in the 20th century, the mechanism of phantom limb occurrence was studied, leading to the establishment of the concepts of body schema (A. Pick, 1922) and body image (L. van Bogaert, 1934). The body schema or body image is a three-dimensional representation or mental image of one's own body, just as a person has an external spatial schema of the outside world. These concepts have led to the elucidation of the pathology of many neuropsychological disorders, such as somatognosia. …

*Some terminology that mentions "body image" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…同様の現象はまれながら乳房や陰茎が切断された際にもみられる。幻影肢は16世紀にフランスの外科医A.パレによって記述されたものであるが,20世紀には幻影肢発生の機序を考察することによって,身体図式body schema(ピックA.Pick,1922)ないし身体心像body image(ファン・ボゲールL.van Bogaert,1934)という概念が確立されるに至った。身体図式ないし身体心像とは,人が外界について外部空間図式をもつのと同様に,自己の体についてもっている立体的な表象像ないし心像imageのことで,これらの概念から,さらに身体失認などの多くの神経心理学的な疾患の病態が解明されるようになった。…

※「body image」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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