The recognition of self-face is a unique and complex phenomenon in many aspects,
including its associated perceptual integration process, its emergence during development …

Following the triadic taxonomy, three different body representations do exist, namely the
body semantics, the body structural representation and the body schema. The development …

Early brain damage leading to cerebral palsy is associated to core motor impairments and
also affects cognitive and social abilities. In particular, previous studies have documented …

Clinical observations indicate that many children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy refrain from
using or disregard the affected upper limb. The aim of the present study is to investigate …

One key issue when conceiving the body as a multisensory object is how the cognitive
system integrates visible instances of the self and other bodies with one's own …

Mirroring has been almost exclusively analysed in motor terms with no reference to the body
that carries the action. According to the standard view, one activates motor representations …

Visually recognising one's own body is important both for controlling movement and for
one's sense of self. Twenty previous studies asked healthy adults to make rapid recognition …

Much research suggested that recognizing our own body-parts and attributing a body-part to
our physical self-likely involve distinct processes. Accordingly, facilitation for self-body-parts …

The present study investigated how women's body image and body-perceptual processes
are affected by navel piercings, an embellishment of the abdominal region women often feel …

Dysfunctions in body processing have been documented in adults with brain damage, while
limited information is available for children. This study aimed to investigate body processing …