When people talk, they move their hands to enhance meaning. Using accelerometry, we
measured whether people spontaneously use their artificial limbs (prostheses) to gesture …

When people talk, they move their hands to enhance meaning. Here we ask whether people
spontaneously use their artificial limbs (prostheses) to gesture, and whether prosthesis …

Background: In 1970, Mori hypothesised the existence of an 'uncanny valley', whereby
stimuli falling short of being fully human are found to be creepy or eerie. Objectives: To …

This experiment was designed to investigate the potential contribution to the sense of
embodiment of a wristband worn by the participants in both real and virtual environments. In …

Recent technological advances have enabled the development of sophisticated prosthetic
hands, which can help their users to compensate lost motor functions. While research and …

There have been several advancements in the field of myoelectric prostheses to improve
dexterity and restore hand grasp patterns for persons with upper limb loss, including robust …

Prosthesis embodiment, the perception of a prosthesis as part of one's body, may be an
important component of functional recovery for individuals with upper limb absence. This …

The development of neural interfaces to provide improved control and somatosensory
feedback from prosthetic limbs has initiated a new ability to probe the various dimensions of …

Our interaction with the world rests on the knowledge that we are a body in space and time,
which can interact with the environment. This awareness is usually referred to as sense of …

Sensory attenuation of self-touch, that is, the perceptual reduction of self-generated tactile
stimuli, is considered a neurocognitive basis for self-other distinction. However, whether this …