A great project I feel like is not divorced from a great research question. And the question dictates the scope. So there is this push and pull. Is there a people group that benefits from technology altering their body schema? What about amputees or people with brain damage? The brain seems to do a good job of making use of its neural resources, reallocating in the absense of missing finger digits,etc.
Google scholar: mastectomy body schema therapy
Body image in transmen.
the negative impact of mastectomy on body image was strongest among young married women.
This caught my eye.
with recent studies suggesting 89% of women reported concerns with weight
Wow.
From Body image issues in women with breast cancer
I’ll let this percolate. Haptics alone can’t be the answer. Because your mind integrates the visual. And society only see the visual.
Gosh, more important than growing Dr. Octopus arms is helping people feel comfortable in their own skin.
Probably I run too quickly to applications.
Breast cancer survivors’ wearable product needs and wants: a challenge to designers
Oh hey, this was written here!
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