Body and peripersonal space representations in chronic stroke patients with upper limb motor deficits

M Bassolino, M Franza, E Guanziroli… - Brain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The continuous stream of multisensory information between the brain and the body during
body–environment interactions is crucial to maintain the updated representation of the …

Diametrical modulation of tactile and visual perceptual thresholds during the rubber hand illusion: a predictive coding account

A Rossi Sebastiano, V Bruno, I Ronga… - Psychological …, 2021 - Springer
During the rubber hand illusion (RHI), the synchronous stroking of the participants'
concealed hand and a visible rubber hand induces a conflict among visuo-tactile inputs …

Structural connectivity associated with the sense of body ownership: a diffusion tensor imaging and disconnection study in patients with bodily awareness disorder

A Errante, A Rossi Sebastiano, S Ziccarelli… - Brain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The brain mechanisms underlying the emergence of a normal sense of body ownership can
be investigated starting from pathological conditions in which body awareness is selectively …

Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality rehabilitation in stroke patients with sensory-motor and proprioception upper limb deficit: A study protocol

S Ventura, A Tessari, S Castaldini, E Magni, A Turolla… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Stroke is the second leading cause of death in Europe. In the case of stroke
survival (almost 70%), only 25% of patients recover completely, while the remaining 75 …

Like the back of my hand: Visual ERPs reveal a specific change detection mechanism for the bodily self

M Galigani, I Ronga, C Fossataro, V Bruno… - Cortex, 2021 - Elsevier
The ability to identify our own body is considered a pivotal marker of self-awareness.
Previous research demonstrated that subjects are more efficient in the recognition of images …

What pathological embodiment/disembodiment tell us about body representations

F Garbarini, C Fossataro, L Pia, A Berti - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last decade, a considerable amount of studies investigated different
neuropsychological syndromes related to the disorder of body awareness. In this paper, we …

Have I Been Touched? Subjective and Objective Aspects of Tactile Awareness

E Cirillo, C Zavattaro, R Gammeri, H Serra, R Ricci… - Brain Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Somatosensory tactile experience is a key aspect of our interaction with the environment. It
is involved in object manipulation, in the planning and control of actions and, in its affective …

Temporal judgments of actions following unilateral brain damage

V Pacella, M Scandola, M Bà, N Smania… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Sense of time is a complex construct, and its neural correlates remain to date in most part
unknown. To complicate the frame, physical attributes of the stimulus, such as its intensity or …

[PDF][PDF] Representation and perception of the body in space

M Bassolino, A Serino - Encyclopedia of behavioral neuroscience, 2021 - arodes.hes-so.ch
Résumé The perception of our body is mediated by cortical representations of the body and
the space around it. Body representations are constantly updated by the integration of …

Reach planning with someone else's hand

AR Sebastiano, K Poles, LE Miller, C Fossataro… - Cortex, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the relationship between the sense of body ownership and motor control, we
capitalized on a rare bizarre disorder wherein another person's hand is misattributed to their …