Tag: peripersonal space

Peripersonal Space from a multisensory perspective: the distinct effect
of the visual and tactile components of Visuo‑Tactile stimuli

Authors: Maddalena Beccherle · Stefania Facchetti · Francesca Villani · Marzia Zanini · Michele Scandola Peripersonal Space (PPS) is defined as the space close to the body where all interactions between the individual and the environment take place. Behavioural experiments…

Cognitive Training Improves Disconnected Limbs’ Mental Representation and Peripersonal Space after Spinal Cord Injury

Authors Valentina Moro, Michela Corbella, Silvio Ionta, Federico Ferrari and Michele Scandola Abstract Paraplegia following spinal cord injury (SCI) affects the mental representation and peripersonal space of the paralysed body parts (i.e., lower limbs). Physical rehabilitation programs can improve these…

Visuo-motor and interoceptive influences on peripersonal space representation following spinal cord injury

Authors Michele Scandola, Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Giovanna Lazzeri, Renato Avesani, Silvio Ionta & Valentina Moro Abstract Peripersonal space (PPS) representation is modulated by information coming from the body. In paraplegic individuals, whose lower limb sensory-motor functions are impaired or completely…

Next Seminar: “Update on Peripersonal Space Litterature”

Next seminar: “Update on Peripersonal Space Literature” by Michele Scandola. The seminar will be held the 24/10/2019 at the Laboratorio of Psicologia, Palazzo Zorzi Lato Vipacco, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, at the Department of Human Sciences at the University of Verona.…

Next Seminar: “Studies on ownership and disownership”

Next seminar: “Studies on ownership and disownership” by Francesca Santoni. The seminar will be held the 19/09/2019 at the Laboratorio of Psicologia, Palazzo Zorzi Lato Vipacco, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, at the Department of Human Sciences at the University of Verona.…

Embodying their own wheelchair modifies extrapersonal space perception in people with spinal cord injury.

Authors: Scandola M, Togni R, Tieri G, Avesani R, Brambilla M, Aglioti SM, Moro V Abstract Despite the many links between body representation, acting and perceiving the environment, no research has to date explored whether specific tool embodiment in conditions of sensorimotor deprivation influences extrapersonal space…

Next Seminar: “The state of art peripersonal and tool-embodiment literature”

Next seminar: “The state of Peripersonal and tool-embodimento literature” by Michele Scandola. The seminar will be held the 25/03/2019 at the Laboratorio of Psicologia, Palazzo Zorzi Lato Vipacco, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, at the Department of Human Sciences at the University of…

Fourth annual meeting of the International Group for Research into Spinal Cord Injury (SCI-Research Group)

Il quarto incontro annuale del Gruppo Internazionale per la Ricerca sulle Lesioni al Midollo Spinale (SCI-Research group – https://sites.hss.univr.it/npsy-labvr/spinal-cord-injury-research-center/) si terrà il 12 novembre, alle 15:00 nell’Aula Laboratorio di Scienze Umane, Palazzo Zorzi Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 17, at the University…

Next Seminar: “Visuo-tactile interactions in different somato-topographic areas and the definition of peripersonal space boundaries”

Next seminar: “Visuo-tactile interactions in different somato-topographic areas and the definition of peripersonal space boundaries” by Stefania Facchetti. The seminar will be held the 5/10/2018 at the Laboratorio of Psicologia, Palazzo Zorzi Lato Vipacco, Lungadige Porta Vittoria, at the Department…