Recent work in human cognitive neuroscience has linked self-consciousness to the
processing of multisensory bodily signals (bodily self-consciousness [BSC]) in fronto-parietal …

Recent research has linked bodily self-consciousness to the processing and integration of
multisensory bodily signals in temporoparietal, premotor, posterior parietal and extrastriate …

Our brain has developed a specific system to represent the space closely surrounding the
body, termed peripersonal space (PPS). This space has a key functional role as it is where …

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and
undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of …

Neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies have shown that nociceptive stimuli elicit
responses in an extensive cortical network including somatosensory, insular and cingulate …

In general, social neuroscience research tends to focus on visual and auditory channels as
routes for social information. However, because the skin is the site of events and processes …

Reflecting a decade's worth of changes, Human Safety and Risk Management, Second
Edition contains new chapters addressing safety culture and models of risk as well as an …

How do we come to feel that we own our body? What is the relationship between our body
and our sense of self? Questions like these have been discussed in philosophy and …

Where are my hands? The brain can answer this question using sensory information arising
from vision, proprioception, or touch. Other sources of information about the position of our …

The sense of body ownership represents a fundamental aspect of our self-awareness, but is
disrupted in many neurological, psychiatric, and psychological conditions that are also …