The earliest sense of self and others: Merleau‐Ponty and recent developmental studies
Philosophical Psychology June 1, 1996 Shaun Gallagher, Andrew N. Meltzoff 337 citations
Recent studies in developmental psychology have found evidence to suggest that there exists an innate system that accounts for the possibilities of early infant imitation and the existence of phantom limbs in cases of congenital absence of limbs. These results challenge traditional assumptions about the status and development of the body schema and body image, and about the nature of the...