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 …

Simulation theories of social cognition abound in the literature, but it is often unclear what
simulation means and how it works. The discovery of mirror neurons, responding both to …

Predominant conceptual frameworks often describe peripersonal space (PPS) as a single,
distance-based, in-or-out zone within which stimuli elicit enhanced neural and behavioural …

James J. Gibson, the founder of ecological psychology, introduced a radical empiricist
approach to perception and action centered on direct perception in naturalistic environments …

Tool use is a defining feature of human species. Therefore, a fundamental issue is to
understand the cognitive bases of human tool use. Given that people cannot use tools …

The concept of affordances appeared in psychology during the late 60s as an alternative
perspective on the visual perception of the environment. It was revolutionary in the intuition …

Several studies in humans and non-human primates have explored and characterised the
features of the cortical representation of the portion of space immediately surrounding the …

Aesthetics is about some special and unusual ways of experiencing the world. Not just
artworks, but also nature and ordinary objects. But then if we apply the remarkably elaborate …

Recent discoveries in neuroscience, among which that of mirror neurons (MNs), have
strongly influenced the debate on spatial cognition, action, emotion and empathy, all aspects …

Are there distinct roles for intention and motor representation in explaining the
purposiveness of action? Standard accounts of action assign a role to intention but are silent …