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Well, it was specified that your eyes should be closed, so I think this is supposed to be sort of a proprioceptive attentional spotlight

• rramadass 2y ago
  That is definitely a part of it. See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41538392 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41538392
  • advael 2y ago
    I wonder how the somatotopic map relates to proprioceptive awareness. I've kind of implicitly assumed that executive functions like the attentional spotlight rely on connecting to that area to accomplish conscious proprioception, does that book go over how it relates?
    • rramadass 2y ago
      You will have to read the book to find what you are specifically looking for. The basic idea is that the space around your body to the maximum distance reachable by your arms/legs called "peripersonal space" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Graziano#Peripersonal_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Graziano#Peripersonal_...) is integrated into a larger body schema maintained (partially) in the somatotopic map and its homunculi. Proprioception is part but not whole of it and how it might be regulated by higher executive functions like focus/attention is AFAIK not clear.
      • advael 2y ago
        Much appreciated. Super interesting stuff