The Hand

Offers a multidisciplinary view of human hand function and its recovery

Presents concrete case studies on topics of high social impact

Merges epistemological, physiological and social considerations with concrete engineering and medical experience

Offers a multidisciplinary view of human hand function and its recovery Presents concrete case studies on topics of high social impact Merges epistemological, physiological and social considerations with concrete engineering and medical experience Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

The cognitive properties of the motor system and mirror neurons.- Children's object manipulation: A tool for knowing the external world and for communicative development.- Primates' propensity to explore objects: how manual actions affect learning in children and capuchin monkeys.- The hand as a microcosm: A philosophical overview on the hand and its role in the processes of perception, action and cognition.- Ready-to-hand in Heidegger: Philosophy as an everyday understanding of the world and the question concerning technology.- The therapeutic hand.- Cooking and Human Evolution.- Essential to Art: The Hand, Touch and the Aesthetic Experience.- On the role of the hand in the expression of music.