Aplasia
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Motor theories of action comprehension claim that comprehending the meaning of an action performed by a conspecific relies on the perceiver’s own motor representation of the same action. According to this view, whether an action belongs... more
A B S T R A C T Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is a rare disorder which is characterized by the absence of a localized, or less commonly, a widespread area of skin involving the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissue with an incidence... more
Phantom limb experiences demonstrate an unexpected degree of fragility inherent in our self-perceptions. This is perhaps most extreme when congenitally absent limbs are experienced as phantoms. Aplasic phantoms highlight fundamental... more
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Agenesis and hypoplasia of the paranasal sinuses is an anatomical variation that often occurs in frontal sinuses but this rarely happens combined with other paranasal sinuses. The present study was conducted to... more
Several studies have reported that, when subjects have to judge the laterality of rotated hand drawings, their judgment is automatically influenced by the biomechanical constraints of the upper limbs. The prominent account for this effect... more
The sensory-motor theory of conceptual representations assumes that motor knowledge of how an artifact is manipulated is constitutive of its conceptual representation. Accordingly, if we assume that the richer the conceptual... more