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6. Body Image and Body Schema
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Historical usage
Head
Schilder
Fisher
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Body Image:
a (sometimes conscious) system of
perceptions (body percept)
attitudes (body affect)
beliefs (body concept)
pertaining to one's own body.
Body schema
a system of processes that constantly regulate posture and movement-- a system of sensory-motor processes that function without reflective awareness or the necessity of perceptual monitoring.
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Afferent:
vestibular and
proprioceptive inputs
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Efferent:
output of
motor commands
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Body schemas (the plural) refer to a collection of sensory-motor interactions that individually may be defined by a specific movement or posture, for example, the movement of hand to mouth.
Conceptual difference
taking an intentional attitude (a perception of, or belief about, or emotional attitude towards) one's own body
having a capacity to move or being in the action of one's own body
On behavioral level: integrated functioning.
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