The wheelchair as a full-body tool extending the peripersonal space

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Galli, Giulia ^a,b   Noel, Jean Paul ^b,c   Canzoneri, Elisa ^b   Blanke, Olaf ^b,d   Serino, Andrea ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Embodiment; Peripersonal space; Tool use; Visual spatial exploration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962722490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00639     Document Type: Article

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