From neuropsychology to embodied neuroscience: Introduction to the special issue on body representation and body transformations

The fact that we possess a body leads to the inevitable conclusion that we must hold a mental representation of our body in our mind. These body representations allow us to interact with our environment; to eat, drink, exercise, and interact with our colleagues, friends and family. They are a fundamental part of everyday existence. They are also extremely plastic, being subject to continuous updates due to aging, specific phases of life (e.g. during weight gain or loss, Boucher et al., 2024; or pregnancy, Crossland et al., 2023), and as a result of using objects and technology (Coelho et al., 2019; Neyret et al., 2020), or during social interactions (Besharati et al., 2016; Pyasik et al., 2023).