Recent research has linked bodily self-consciousness to the processing and integration of
multisensory bodily signals in temporoparietal, premotor, posterior parietal and extrastriate …

Our brain has developed a specific system to represent the space closely surrounding the
body, termed peripersonal space (PPS). This space has a key functional role as it is where …

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself an
illusion? Am I conscious now? Now considered the'last great mystery of science' …

Most of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a"
self" has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those …

The binding of features into perceptual wholes is a well-established phenomenon, which
has previously only been studied in the context of early vision and low-level features, such …

Does the real world, defined as a world of objects that exist independent of human interests,
concerns, and cognitive activities, really exist? Jan Westerhoff argues that we have good …

Objectives Mindfulness training is believed to encourage self-transcendent states, but little
research has examined this hypothesis. This study examined the effects of mindfulness …

Several spaces around the body have been described, contributing to interactions with
objects (peripersonal) or people (interpersonal and personal). The sensorimotor and …

Third-person perspective full-body illusions (3PP-FBI) enable the manipulation, through
multisensory stimulation, of perceived self-location. Perceived self-location is classically …

The phenomenology of self-transcendence is well developed in many contemplative
traditions. A canonical feature of self-transcendence is an alteration in the perceived …