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 …

Predominant conceptual frameworks often describe peripersonal space (PPS) as a single,
distance-based, in-or-out zone within which stimuli elicit enhanced neural and behavioural …

It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance
are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging …

Several studies in humans and non-human primates have explored and characterised the
features of the cortical representation of the portion of space immediately surrounding the …

Interaction with objects in the environment typically requires integrating information
concerning the object location with the position and size of body parts. The former …

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 …

The space around the body, ie, peripersonal space (PPS), is conceived as a multisensory-
motor interface between body and environment. PPS is represented by frontoparietal …

Prehension, the capacity to reach and grasp, is the key behavior that allows humans to
change their environment. It continues to serve as a remarkable experimental test case for …

To sensibly interact with the environment, like when grasping objects and navigating
through space, the brain needs to compute not only target-and environment-related inputs …

Behavioral studies in humans and electrophysiological recordings in nonhuman primates
have suggested the existence of a specific representation of the space immediately …