The multimodal properties of the human somatosensory system continue to be unravelled.
There is mounting evidence that one of these submodalities—touch—has another …

Which is my body and how do I distinguish it from the bodies of others, or from objects in the
surrounding environment? The perception of our own body and more particularly our sense …

Is the self already relational in its very bodily foundations? The question of whether our
mental life is initially and primarily shaped by embodied dimensions of the individual or by …

The rubber hand illusion (RHI) is a widely applied paradigm to investigate changes in body
representations. Extensive scientific interest has produced a great variability in the observed …

In the past 2 decades, interoception has received increasing attention in the fields of
psychology and cognitive science, as well as neuroscience and physiology. A plethora of …

The sense of body ownership represents a fundamental aspect of bodily self-consciousness.
Using multisensory integration paradigms, recent studies have shown that both …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a disorder characterized by restricted eating, fears of gaining
weight, and body image distortions. The etiology remains unknown; however impairments in …

Telerobotics aims to transfer human manipulation skills and dexterity over an arbitrary
distance and at an arbitrary scale to a remote workplace. A telerobotic system that is …

Touch is central to interpersonal interactions. Touch conveys specific emotions about the
touch provider, but it is not clear whether this is a purely socially learned function or whether …

Whenever I perceive something or feel an emotion, these perceptions and feelings are
somehow given to me as mine. The idea that our everyday experiences are characterized by …