Our body is a unique entity by which we interact with the external world. Consequently, the
way we represent our body has profound implications in the way we process and locate …

The processing of touch depends of multiple factors, such as the properties of the skin and
type of receptors stimulated, as well as features related to the actual configuration and …

What factors constrain whether tool use modulates the user's body representations? To date,
studies on representational plasticity following tool use have primarily focused on the act of …

To perceive the location of a tactile stimulus in external space (external tactile localisation),
information about the location of the stimulus on the skin surface (tactile localisation on the …

Delusions and misperceptions about the body are a conspicuous feature of numerous
neurological and psychiatric conditions. In stark contrast to such pathological cases, the …

Illusions of the perception of distance between two touches on the skin have been described
since the classic work of Weber in the 19th century. The perceptual mechanisms underlying …

A large body of research has shown spatial distortions in the perception of tactile distances
on the skin. For example, perceived tactile distance is increased on sensitive compared to …

Recent studies have revealed that human position sense relies on a massively distorted
representation of hand size and shape. By comparing the judged location of landmarks on …

Identifying the spatial location of touch on the skin surface is a fundamental function of our
somatosensory system. Despite the fact that stimulation of even single mechanoreceptive …

Perceiving the external spatial location of the limbs using position sense requires that
immediate proprioceptive afferent signals be combined with a stored body model specifying …