Embodiment for robotic lower-limb exoskeletons: A narrative review

RL Hybart, DP Ferris - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on embodiment of objects external to the human body has revealed important
information about how the human nervous system interacts with robotic lower limb …

[HTML][HTML] Massive body-brain disconnection consequent to spinal cord injuries drives profound changes in higher-order cognitive and emotional functions: A PRISMA …

V Moro, M Beccherle, M Scandola, SM Aglioti - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to a massive disconnection between the brain and the body
parts below the lesion level representing a unique opportunity to explore how the body …

Understanding wheelchair users' preferences for on-body, in-air, and on-wheelchair gestures

LB Bilius, OC Ungurean, RD Vatavu - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We present empirical results from a gesture elicitation study conducted with eleven
wheelchair users that proposed on-body, in-air, and on-wheelchair gestures to effect twenty …

“I am both here and there” Parallel Control of Multiple Robotic Avatars by Disabled Workers in a Café

G Barbareschi, M Kawaguchi, H Kato… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Robotic avatars can help disabled people extend their reach in interacting with the world.
Technological advances make it possible for individuals to embody multiple avatars …

Maladaptive reorganization following SCI: the role of body representation and multisensory integration

R Vastano, M Costantini, E Widerstrom-Noga - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review we focus on maladaptive brain reorganization after spinal cord injury (SCI),
including the development of neuropathic pain, and its relationship with impairments in body …

What the study of spinal cord injured patients can tell us about the significance of the body in cognition

V Moro, M Scandola, SM Aglioti - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2022 - Springer
Although in the last three decades philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have
produced numerous studies on human cognition, the debate concerning its nature is still …

Event-related potentials during mental rotation of body-related stimuli in spinal cord injury population

R Vastano, E Widerstrom-Noga - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Mental rotations of body-related stimuli are known to engage the motor system and activate
body schema. Sensorimotor deficits following spinal cord injury (SCI) alter the …

The influence of threat on visuospatial perception, affordances, and protective behaviour: A systematic review and meta-analysis

E MacIntyre, E Pinto, B Mouatt, ML Henry… - Clinical Psychology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Perception has been conceptualised as an active and adaptive process, based upon
incoming sensory inputs, which are modified by top-down factors such as cognitions …

Go virtual to get real: virtual reality as a resource for spinal cord treatment

E Leemhuis, RM Esposito, L De Gennaro… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Increasingly, refined virtual reality (VR) techniques allow for the simultaneous and coherent
stimulation of multiple sensory and motor domains. In some clinical interventions, such as …

Development of the “Kalmer” relaxation intervention: co-design with stroke survivors with aphasia

R El-Helou, B Ryan, I Kneebone - Disability and rehabilitation, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Anxiety is common after stroke and more prevalent in survivors with aphasia.
Relaxation is an effective first-line therapy. The current study aimed to obtain the …