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Body Image and the Temporal Lobes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2018

Extract

Before discussing the relationship of the temporal lobes to the body image, it is necessary to consider briefly some other aspects of the neurology of body image and its disturbances. Further, some clarification of the term body image is required.

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Copyright © 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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