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Multimodal Contributions to Body Representation

Azanon, E; Tame, L; Maravita, A; Linkenauger, SA; Ferre, ER; Tajadura-Jimenez, A; Longo, MR; (2016) Multimodal Contributions to Body Representation. Multisensory Research , 29 (6-7) pp. 635-661. 10.1163/22134808-00002531. Green open access

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Abstract

Our body is a unique entity by which we interact with the external world. Consequently, the way we represent our body has profound implications in the way we process and locate sensations and in turn perform appropriate actions. The body can be the subject, but also the object of our experience, providing information from sensations on the body surface and viscera, but also knowledge of the body as a physical object. However, the extent to which different senses contribute to constructing the rich and unified body representations we all experience remains unclear. In this review, we aim to bring together recent research showing important roles for several different sensory modalities in constructing body representations. At the same time, we hope to generate new ideas of how and at which level the senses contribute to generate the different levels of body representations and how they interact. We will present an overview of some of the most recent neuropsychological evidence about multisensory control of pain, and the way that visual, auditory, vestibular and tactile systems contribute to the creation of coherent representations of the body. We will focus particularly on some of the topics discussed in the symposium on Multimodal Contributions to Body Representation held on the 15th International Multisensory Research Forum (2015, Pisa, Italy).

Type: Article
Title: Multimodal Contributions to Body Representation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002531
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134808-00002531
Language: English
Additional information: © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2016. The final publication is available at: Multimodal Contributions to Body Representation Azañón, Elena and Tamè, Luigi and Maravita, Angelo and Linkenauger, Sally A. and Ferrè, Elisa R. and Tajadura-Jiménez, Ana and Longo, Matthew R., Multisensory Research, 29, 635-661 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134808-00002531
Keywords: Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Biophysics, Psychology, Psychology, Experimental, Multisensory Integration, Body Representations, Vision, Touch, Audition, Pain, Vestibular System, Phantom-Limb Pain, Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation, Primary Somatosensory Cortex, Tactile Size Perception, Mirror Visual Feedback, Rubber Hand Illusion, Tool-Use, Cortical Reorganization, Arousal Responses, Evoked-Potentials
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > UCL Interaction Centre
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1510656
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