>From The >Scientist.com<http://www.the-scientist.com/templates/trackable/display/blog.jsp?type=blog&o_url=blog/display/55771&id=55771> .
Researchers claim to have the first direct evidence of a century-old idea that using tools changes the way the human brain perceives the size and configuration of our body parts, according to a study published in the June 23 issue of *Current Biology*. *Holding the tool at an elongated arm's length* *Image: Lucilla Cardinali*"To be accurate in doing an action with a tool, you need to make the tool become a part of your body," the study's first author Lucilla Cardinali<http://u864.lyon.inserm.fr/Members/LucillaCardinali>of the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Bron and Claude Bernard University in Lyon told *The Scientist*. "Your brain needs to take into account that the action is performed with something added to your body part." ... -- Russ Abbott _____________________________________________ Professor, Computer Science California State University, Los Angeles Cell phone: 310-621-3805 o Check out my blog at http://bluecatblog.wordpress.com/
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