What happens in our brain when we use a tool to reach for a distant object? Recent
neurophysiological, psychological and neuropsychological research suggests that this …

There has been a recent and dramatic growth of interest in the psychological and neural
mechanisms of multisensory integration between different sensory modalities. Much of this …

The three-volume work Perceiving in Depth is a sequel to Binocular Vision and Stereopsis
and to Seeing in Depth, both by Ian P. Howard and Brian J. Rogers. This work is much …

Evidence for a dichotomy between the planning of an action and its on-line control in
humans is reviewed. This evidence suggests that planning and control each serve a …

Immersive virtual reality allows people to inhabit avatar bodies that differ from their own, and
this can produce significant psychological and physiological effects. The concept of …

Recent research demonstrates neurologic and behavioral differences in people's responses
to the space that is within and beyond reach. The present studies demonstrated a perceptual …

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 …

The aim of our paper is to show that there is a sense of body that is enactive in nature and
that enables to capture the most primitive sense of self. We will argue that the body is …

A series of experiments provide evidence that affordances rely not only on the mutual
appropriateness of the features of an object and the abilities of an individual, but also on the …

An empirically informed philosophical account of human touch as a single, unified sensory
modality that plays a central role in perception. It is through touch that we are able to interact …