Recent work in human cognitive neuroscience has linked self-consciousness to the
processing of multisensory bodily signals (bodily self-consciousness [BSC]) in fronto-parietal …

The concept of the brain as a prediction machine has enjoyed a resurgence in the context of
the Bayesian brain and predictive coding approaches within cognitive science. To date, this …

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 …

In hypnotic responding, expectancies arising from imaginative suggestion drive striking
experiential changes (eg, hallucinations)—which are experienced as involuntary …

The rubber hand illusion (RHI) is a widely applied paradigm to investigate changes in body
representations. Extensive scientific interest has produced a great variability in the observed …

Many studies have investigated the contributions of vision, touch, and proprioception to body
ownership, ie, the multisensory perception of limbs and body parts as our own. However, the …

Schizophrenia (SZ) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been both described as
disorders of the self. However, the manner in which the sense of self is impacted in these …

Cursors, avatars, virtual hands or tools, and other rendered graphical objects, enable users
to interact with computers such as PCs, game consoles or virtual reality systems. We …

The sense of agency (SoA) refers to the phenomenal experience of initiating and controlling
an action, whereas the sense of ownership (SoO) describes the feeling of myness an agent …

Schizophrenic patients may report unusual perception of their own body. Studies using the
rubber hand illusion (RHI) proposed that they exhibit a distorted sense of body ownership …