The sensorimotor system plays a critical role in several cognitive processes. Here, we
review recent studies documenting this interplay at different levels. First, we concentrate on …

A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that multiple sources of salience tune
attentional sets toward aspects of the environment, including affectively and motivationally …

Personally relevant stimuli exert a powerful influence on social cognition. What is not yet
fully understood, however, is how early in the processing stream self-relevance influences …

Spatial demonstratives–terms including this and that–are among the most common words
across all languages. Yet, there are considerable differences between languages in how …

A multitude of studies demonstrate that self-relevant stimuli influence attention. Self-owned
objects are a special class of self-relevant stimuli. If a self-owned object can indeed be …

A stable self-representation has an intrinsically beneficial connotation for information
processing: it allows the individual to flexibly adapt to different contexts, while prioritizing …

Use of abstract concepts (eg, truth) is one of the most sophisticated abilities that humans
possess. Explaining how we develop this ability and how abstract concepts are represented …

Although ownership is acknowledged to exert a potent influence on various aspects of
information processing, the origin of these effects remains largely unknown. Based on the …

When interacting with the environment, humans exhibit robust biases toward information that
pertains to themselves: Self-relevant information is processed faster and yields more …

The relation of incoming stimuli to the self implicitly determines the allocation of cognitive
resources. Cultural variations in the self-concept shape cognition, but the extent is unclear …