Background People with the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS), a group of heritable
disorders of connective tissue, often report experiencing dental procedure pain despite local …

A fundamental component of the self‐awareness is the sensation that we are acting with our
own body. Thus, a coherent sense of self implies the existence of a tight link between the …

Pain-related motor adaptations may be enacted predictively at the mere threat of pain,
before pain occurrence. Yet, in humans, the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying …

The ability to identify our own body is considered a pivotal marker of self-awareness.
Previous research demonstrated that subjects are more efficient in the recognition of images …

Prompt response to environmental threats is critical to survival. Previous research has
revealed mechanisms underlying threat-conditioned physiological responses, but little is …

In the last decade, a considerable amount of studies investigated different
neuropsychological syndromes related to the disorder of body awareness. In this paper, we …

Motor imagery (MI) is the mental simulation of an action without any overt movement.
Functional evidences show that brain activity during MI and motor execution (ME) largely …

Pain is a ubiquitous experience encompassing perceptual, autonomic, and motor
responses. Expectancy is known to amplify the perceived and autonomic components of …

Vision and proprioception, informing the system about the body position in space, seem
crucial in defining the boundary of the peripersonal space (PPS). What happens to the PPS …

Anatomo-clinical evidence from motor-awareness disorders after brain-damages suggests
that the premotor cortex (PMC) is involved in motor-monitoring of voluntary actions. Indeed …