Illusions that induce a feeling of ownership over an artificial body or body-part have been
used to explore the complex relationships that exist between the brain's representation of …

The commentaries have raised important points regarding different aspects of our model.
Some have queried the nature of the proposed dissociations, whereas others have …

Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) provide a new assistive strategy aimed at restoring mobility
in severely paralyzed patients. Yet, no study in animals or in human subjects has indicated …

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 …

Watching a rubber hand being stroked, while one's own unseen hand is synchronously
stroked, may cause the rubber hand to be attributed to one's own body, to “feel like it's my …

How do we come to feel that we own our body? What is the relationship between our body
and our sense of self? Questions like these have been discussed in philosophy and …

In contemporary philosophy, the phrase 'the contents of perception'means, roughly, what is
conveyed to the subject by her perceptual experience. For example, suppose you are …

Given previous reports of strong interactions between vision and somatic senses, we
investigated whether vision of the body modulates pain perception. Participants looked into …

Pain is a subjective experience that protects the body. This function implies a special
relation between the brain mechanisms underlying pain perception and representation of …

Touch differs from other exteroceptive senses in that the body itself forms part of the tactile
percept. Interactions between proprioception and touch provide a powerful way to …