Expertise in tool use promotes tool embodiment

VU Weser, DR Proffitt - Topics in cognitive science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Body representations are known to be dynamically modulated or extended through tool use.
Here, we review findings that demonstrate the importance of a user's tool experience or …

Are tools truly incorporated as an extension of the body representation?: Assessing the evidence for tool embodiment

JD Bell, KL Macuga - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2022 - Springer
The predominant view on human tool-use suggests that an action-oriented body
representation, the body schema, is altered to fit the tool being wielded, a phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of tool-use observation on metric body representation and peripersonal space

M Galigani, N Castellani, B Donno, M Franza, C Zuber… - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
In everyday life, we constantly act and interact with objects and with others' people through
our body. To properly perform actions, the representations of the dimension of body-parts …

The significance of touch in pediatric physiotherapy

M Sørvoll, GK Øberg, GL Girolami - Frontiers in Rehabilitation …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Change in theoretical framework over the last decades and recent research in pediatric
physiotherapy, has created a debate surrounding therapeutic touch. What is the role of or is …

Embodying their own wheelchair modifies extrapersonal space perception in people with spinal cord injury

M Scandola, R Togni, G Tieri, R Avesani… - Experimental Brain …, 2019 - Springer
Despite the many links between body representation, acting and perceiving the
environment, no research has to date explored whether specific tool embodiment in …

The functional body: does body representation reflect functional properties?

P Caggiano, G Cocchini - Experimental Brain Research, 2020 - Springer
There is a growing interest in the distortions of body representation in healthy population
and most studies have focused their attention on specific parts of the body, such as the …

How ageing shapes body and space representations: A comparison study between healthy young and older adults

G Sorrentino, M Franza, C Zuber, O Blanke, A Serino… - Cortex, 2021 - Elsevier
To efficiently interact with the external world, the brain needs to represent the size of the
involved body parts-body representations (BR)-and the space around the body in which the …

How tool-use shapes body metric representation: Evidence from motor training with and without robotic assistance

V Bruno, I Carpinella, M Rabuffetti, L De Giuli… - Frontiers in Human …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Previous evidence has shown that tool-use can reshape one's own body schema, extending
peripersonal space and modulating the representation of related body parts. Here, we …

The network of the subjective experience in embodiment phenomena

G Tosi, D Romano - Psychological Research, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Body illusions are designed to temporarily alter body representation by
embodying fake bodies or part of them. Despite their large use, the embodiment …

Smartphone embodiment: The effect of smartphone use on body representation

Y Lin, Q Liu, D Qi, J Zhang, Z Ding - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Tool use promotes tool embodiment and extends human body representation. Based on
previous studies about tool embodiment, we aimed to explore whether smartphones could …