Our brain has developed a specific system to represent the space closely surrounding the
body, termed peripersonal space (PPS). This space has a key functional role as it is where …

Neurological insults, such as congenital blindness, deafness, amputation, and stroke, often
result in surprising and impressive behavioural changes. Cortical reorganisation, which …

Predominant conceptual frameworks often describe peripersonal space (PPS) as a single,
distance-based, in-or-out zone within which stimuli elicit enhanced neural and behavioural …

While space is perceived as unitary, experimental evidence indicates that the brain actually
contains a modular representation of space, specific cortical regions being involved in the …

Several studies in humans and non-human primates have explored and characterised the
features of the cortical representation of the portion of space immediately surrounding the …

Interaction with objects in the environment typically requires integrating information
concerning the object location with the position and size of body parts. The former …

Over the last decades, scientists have questioned the origin of the exquisite human mastery
of tools. Seminal studies in monkeys, healthy participants and brain-damaged patients have …

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Our mental processing of the visual world is not independent of our physical actions within it.
Placing objects near one's hands and interacting with objects using tools can enhance …

Here we offer a thorough review of the empirical literature on the conditions under which an
object, such as a tool or a prosthetic (whether real or virtual), can be experienced as being in …