Matt Longo
Professor of cognitive neuroscience at Birkbeck, University of London, and author of The Invisible Hand, specializing in body representation and the neuroscience of touch.
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May 7, 2026 • 1h 10min
The inner life of the hand
Matt Longo, cognitive neuroscience professor and author of The Invisible Hand, studies how the brain represents the hand. He contrasts the visible anatomy with the brain's invisible maps. Short, lively conversations span evolution, fingertip sensitivity and cortical magnification, odd cases like extra digits and rubber-hand illusions, and how tools and tech reshape our manual lives.
