Vision is the main entrance for environmental input to the human brain. Even if vision is our
most used sensory modality, its importance is not limited to environmental exploration …

In the past decade, the functional role of the TPJ (Temporal Parietal Junction) has become
more evident in terms of its contribution to social cognition. Studies have revealed the TPJ …

The way we perceive our own body is shaped by our perception. Changes in sensory input,
such as visual degradation, can lead to visual-to-motor shifts in the reference frame used to …

Objective Autoscopic phenomena (AP) are illusory own body reduplications characterized
by the visual perception of a second own body in extrapersonal space, and include three …

Empathy is often split into an affective facet for embodied simulation or sometimes sensorial
processing, and a cognitive facet for mentalizing and perspective-taking. However, a recent …

Self-defining memories are highly significant personal memories that contribute to an
individual's life story and identity. Previous research has identified 4 key subcomponents of …

Paraplegia following spinal cord injury (SCI) affects the mental representation and
peripersonal space of the paralysed body parts (ie, lower limbs). Physical rehabilitation …

Facial emotion recognition (FER) is the ability to recognize and discriminate basic emotional
states from facial expressions. Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has been used to alter …

Fundamental human feelings such as body ownership (“this” body is “my” body) and
vicariousness (first-person-like experience of events occurring to others) are based on …

Inspired by the pioneering work of Eran Zaidel beginning in the early 1970's on the role of
the two cerebral hemispheres of the human brain in self-related cognition, we review …