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

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and
undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of …

Motor imagery and perception–considered generally as forms of motor simulation–share
overlapping neural representations with motor production. While much research has …

Recent research suggests the observation or imagination of somatosensory stimulation in
another (eg, touch or pain) can induce a similar somatosensory experience in oneself. Some …

We review the evidence that an ability to achieve a precise balance between representing
the self and representing other people is crucial in social interaction. This ability is required …

Mirror-touch synesthesia (MTS) is the conscious experience of tactile sensations induced by
seeing someone else touched. This paper considers two different, although not mutually …

The rubber hand illusion is one reliable way to experimentally manipulate the experience of
body ownership. However, debate continues about the necessary and sufficient conditions …

The characterisation of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) as an audio-visual
phenomenon overlooks how tactile experiences are not just perceptual concurrents of …

Observing touch is known to activate regions of the somatosensory cortex but the
interpretation of this finding is controversial (eg does it reflect the simulated action of …

People with mirror-touch synaesthesia (MTS) report tactile sensations on their own body
when seeing another person being touched. Although this has been associated with …