Our body is central to our sense of self, and distorted body representations are found in
several serious medical conditions. This paper reviews evidence that distortions of body …

Localizing tactile stimulation is an important capability for everyday function and may be
impaired in people with persistent pain. This study sought to provide a detailed description …

The perceived distance between two touches is anisotropic on many parts of the body.
Generally, tactile distances oriented across body width are perceived as larger than …

Sensory substitution offers a promising approach to restore lost sensory functions. Here we
show that spinal cord stimulation (SCS), typically used for chronic pain management, can …

Background Information transmission into the human nervous system is the basis for a
variety of prosthetic applications. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) systems are widely …

Background Tactile stimulation can be used to convey information to a user in different
scenarios while avoiding overloading other senses. Tactile messages can be transmitted as …

Introduction Although stimulation-induced sensations are typically considered undesirable
side effects in clinical DBS therapy, there are emerging scenarios, such as computer-brain …

When two brief vibrotactile stimulations are sequentially applied to observers' lower back,
there is systematic mislocalization of the stimulation: if the second stimulation is of higher …

Social Haptic Communication (SHC) is one of the many tactile modes of communication
used by persons with deafblindness to access information about their surroundings. SHC …

Knowing where the body is in space requires reference to a stored model of the size and
shape of body parts, termed the body model. This study sought to investigate the …