Extending peripersonal space representation without tool-use: Evidence from a combined behavioral-computational approach

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Serino, Andrea ^a,b   Canzoneri, Elisa ^a,b   Marzolla, Marilena ^b   di Pellegrino, Giuseppe ^b   Magosso, Elisa ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multisensory processing; Neural network model; Peripersonal space; Plasticity; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPERSONAL SPACE EXTENSION; PERSONAL SPACE; PREDICTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

EID: 84922234583     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00004     Document Type: Article

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