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 …

Although there is strong evidence that human decision-making is frequently self-biased, it
remains unclear whether self-biases mediate attention. Here we review evidence on the …

Recent research on bodily self-consciousness has assumed that it consists of three distinct
components: the experience of owning a body (body ownership); the experience of being a …

We take the feeling that our body belongs to us for granted. However, recent research has
shown that it is possible to alter the subjective sensation of body ownership (BO) by …

How do I know the person I see in the mirror is really me? Is it because I know the person
simply looks like me, or is it because the mirror reflection moves when I move, and I see it …

Research has shown that the brain is constantly making predictions about future events.
Theories of prediction in perception, action and learning suggest that the brain serves to …

Bodily illusions have been used to study bodily self-consciousness and disentangle its
various components, among other the sense of ownership and self-location. Congruent …

Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties in recognizing and verbalizing
emotions and the utilization of a cognitive style that is oriented toward external events, rather …

A central feature of our consciousness is the experience of the self as a unified entity
residing in a physical body, termed bodily self-consciousness. This phenomenon includes …

In so-called 'mirror-touch synaesthesia', observing touch to another person induces a
subjective tactile sensation on the synaesthete's own body. It has been suggested that this …