The neural circuits underlying initial sensory processing of somatic information are relatively
well understood. In contrast, the processes that go beyond primary somatosensation to …

Corporeal awareness is a difficult concept which refers to perception, knowledge and
evaluation of one's own body as well as of other bodies. We discuss here some …

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 …

Oral somatosensory awareness refers to the somatic sensations arising within the mouth,
and to the information these sensations provide about the state and structure of the mouth …

Distortions of body image have often been investigated in clinical disorders. Much of this
literature implicitly assumes healthy adults maintain an accurate body image. We recently …

Neuropsychological studies suggest that the human brain is endowed with two body
representations: the body schema (BS), coding the orientation of one's body parts in space …

Background Following spinal cord injury (SCI) or anaesthesia, people may continue to
experience feelings of the size, shape and posture of their body, suggesting that the …

The consequences of vestibular disorders on balance, oculomotor control, and self-motion
perception have been extensively described in humans and animals. More recently …

Insights from both lesion and neuroimaging studies increasingly substantiate the view that
the human cerebellum not only serves motor control but also supports various cognitive …

Many studies have attempted to identify the different cognitive components of body
representation (BR). Due to methodological issues, the data reported in these studies are …