Harris (1999) proposed that pain can arise in the absence of tissue damage because
changes in the cortical representation of the painful body part lead to incongruences …

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 …

Although in the last three decades philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have
produced numerous studies on human cognition, the debate concerning its nature is still …

Abstract The PeriPersonal Space (PPS) has been defined as the space surrounding the
body, where physical interactions with elements of the environment take place. As our world …

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 …

A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to any part of the spinal cord, caused by traumatic or
non-traumatic events. Clinically, SCI is associated with partial or complete loss of motor …

Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) complain of changes in body representation, potentially
leading to negative physical and psychological consequences. The purpose of our study is …

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

Within the field of neuroscience, it is assumed that the central nervous system is divided into
two functionally distinct components: the brain, which does the cognizing, and the spinal …

Introduction: Decision making and action execution both rely on sensory information, and
their primary objective is to minimise uncertainty. Virtual reality (VR) introduces uncertainty …