Functional and Neural Signatures of Body-ownership

M. Tsakiris

1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Functional and Neural Signatures of Body-ownership

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    author={M. Tsakiris},
    title={Functional and Neural Signatures of Body-ownership},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={agency body-ownership body-representation multisensory integration self},
    doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361669}
}

M. Tsakiris
Year: 2007
Functional and Neural Signatures of Body-ownership
PERVASIVEHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361669

M. Tsakiris¹^,*

1: Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience & Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL

*Contact email: e.tsakiris@ucl.ac.uk

Abstract

As agents, we act upon the world with our body, and we experience ourselves, and the world through the same body. This fact implies that the sense of self is crucially dependent on motor-efferent and sensory-afferent signals. The exact nature of sensory-motor interactions that generate a sense of self is still unknown. This research aims to empirically identify the basic neuro-cognitive principles governing an embodied sense of self.

Keywords: agency body-ownership body-representation multisensory integration self

Published: 2007-05-21
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-11-08

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361669