Critical review of the relationship between Assistive Technology and Embodiment

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Medicine and Health, grade: first class honors, Trinity College Dublin (Psychology), course: Embodiment, language: English, abstract: In this paper critical aspects of embodiment relating to assistive technology will be discussed and evaluated. Issues of well-being and prosthesis use, current developments in prosthetic research and embodi...