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View article: Reaching for a domain-general syntax: processing linguistic structures and grasping an object with a tool share similar neural codes in the basal ganglia
Reaching for a domain-general syntax: processing linguistic structures and grasping an object with a tool share similar neural codes in the basal ganglia Open
Are actions organized like sentences? Recent evidence showed reciprocal transfer between tool use and syntactic comprehension, reflecting shared basal ganglia (BG) resources for action and language. The proposed mechanism is that embedding…
View article: Repetitive somatosensory stimulation shrinks the body image
Repetitive somatosensory stimulation shrinks the body image Open
Current models of mental body representations (MBRs) indicate that tactile inputs feed some of them for different functions, implying that altering tactile inputs may affect mental body representations differently. Here, we tested this hyp…
View article: Activity in occipito-temporal cortex is involved in tool-use planning and contributes to tool-related semantic neural representations
Activity in occipito-temporal cortex is involved in tool-use planning and contributes to tool-related semantic neural representations Open
Tool use and language are highly refined human abilities which may show neural commonalitiesdue to their potential reciprocal interaction during evolution . Recent work provided evidence for shared neural resources between tool use and syn…
View article: Saccades to both vision and touch are modified following adaptation but cross-modal transfers are asymmetrical.
Saccades to both vision and touch are modified following adaptation but cross-modal transfers are asymmetrical. Open
Adaptation of reactive saccades (RS), made toward the sudden appearance of stimuli in our environment, is a plastic mechanism thought to occur at the motor level of saccade generation. As saccadic oculomotor commands integrate multisensory…
View article: Repetitive Somatosensory Stimulation Shrinks The Body Image
Repetitive Somatosensory Stimulation Shrinks The Body Image Open
Current models of mental body representations (MBRs) indicate that tactile inputs feed several of them for different functions, implying that altering tactile inputs may affect MBRs differently. Here we tested this hypothesis by leveraging…
View article: Alpha oscillations reflect similar mapping mechanisms for localizing touch on hands and tools
Alpha oscillations reflect similar mapping mechanisms for localizing touch on hands and tools Open
It has been suggested that our brain re-uses body-based computations to localize touch on tools, but the neural implementation of this process remains unclear. Neural oscillations in the alpha and beta frequency bands are known to map touc…
View article: Hand to Hand: A novel pattern of remote tactile improvement following training-independent learning
Hand to Hand: A novel pattern of remote tactile improvement following training-independent learning Open
Tactile perception is key for our hand dexterity and daily occupations. As we predominantly use our hands together in a cooperative manner, better understanding how perception on one hand can impact - and maybe benefit - perception on the …
View article: Activity in Occipito-Temporal Cortex Is Involved in Tool-Use Planning and Contributes to Tool-Related Semantic Neural Representations
Activity in Occipito-Temporal Cortex Is Involved in Tool-Use Planning and Contributes to Tool-Related Semantic Neural Representations Open
Tool use and language are highly refined human abilities which may show neural commonalities due to their potential reciprocal interaction during evolution. Recent work provided evidence for shared neural resources between tool use and syn…
View article: Motor deficits in autism differ from that of developmental coordination disorder
Motor deficits in autism differ from that of developmental coordination disorder Open
Autism spectrum disorders and developmental coordination disorders are both associated with sensorimotor impairments, yet their nature and specificity remain unknown. In order to clearly distinguish the specificity between the two disorder…
View article: Virtual reality set-up for studying vestibular function during head impulse test
Virtual reality set-up for studying vestibular function during head impulse test Open
Objectives Virtual reality (VR) offers an ecological setting and the possibility of altered visual feedback during head movements useful for vestibular research and treatment of vestibular disorders. There is however no data quantifying ve…
View article: Training spatial hearing in unilateral cochlear implant users through reaching to sounds in virtual reality
Training spatial hearing in unilateral cochlear implant users through reaching to sounds in virtual reality Open
View article: Up right, not right up: Primacy of verticality in both language and movement
Up right, not right up: Primacy of verticality in both language and movement Open
When describing motion along both the horizontal and vertical axes, languages from different families express the elements encoding verticality before those coding for horizontality (e.g., going up right instead of right up ). In light of …
View article: Benefits of active listening during 3D sound localization
Benefits of active listening during 3D sound localization Open
View article: Alpha oscillations reflect similar mapping mechanisms for localizing touch on hands and tools
Alpha oscillations reflect similar mapping mechanisms for localizing touch on hands and tools Open
Numerous studies have suggested that tools become incorporated into a representation of our body. A prominent hypothesis suggests that our brain re-uses body-based computations when we use tools. However, little is known about how this is …
View article: Reaching to Sounds Improves Spatial Hearing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users
Reaching to Sounds Improves Spatial Hearing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users Open
Objectives: We assessed if spatial hearing training improves sound localization in bilateral cochlear implant (BCI) users and whether its benefits can generalize to untrained sound localization tasks. Design: In 20 BCI users, we assessed t…
View article: Adapting to altered auditory cues: Generalization from manual reaching to head pointing
Adapting to altered auditory cues: Generalization from manual reaching to head pointing Open
Localising sounds means having the ability to process auditory cues deriving from the interplay among sound waves, the head and the ears. When auditory cues change because of temporary or permanent hearing loss, sound localization becomes …
View article: The tool-use cortical network contributes to semantic neural representations
The tool-use cortical network contributes to semantic neural representations Open
Tool use and language are two highly refined human abilities which may have co-evolved, thus resulting in neural commonalities. We recently provided evidence for shared neural resources between tool use and syntax. However, the debate is s…
View article: Alpha Oscillations Are Involved in Localizing Touch on Handheld Tools
Alpha Oscillations Are Involved in Localizing Touch on Handheld Tools Open
The sense of touch is not restricted to the body but can also extend to external objects. When we use a handheld tool to contact an object, we feel the touch on the tool and not in the hand holding the tool. The ability to perceive touch o…
View article: Cerebellar signals drive motor adjustments and visual perceptual changes during forward and backward adaptation of reactive saccades
Cerebellar signals drive motor adjustments and visual perceptual changes during forward and backward adaptation of reactive saccades Open
Saccadic adaptation ($SA$) is a cerebellar-dependent learning of motor commands ($MC$), which aims at preserving saccade accuracy. Since $SA$ alters visual localization during fixation and even more so across saccades, it could also involv…
View article: Tool use and language share syntactic processes and neural patterns in the basal ganglia
Tool use and language share syntactic processes and neural patterns in the basal ganglia Open
Common basis for language and tool use Tool use and language are hallmarks of human evolution. Because of the similarity between the motor processes for tool use and those supporting language, it has been hypothesized that syntax and tool …
View article: Alpha oscillations are involved in localizing touch on hand-held tools
Alpha oscillations are involved in localizing touch on hand-held tools Open
The sense of touch is not restricted to the body but can also extend to external objects. When we use a hand-held tool to contact an object, we feel the touch on the tool and not in the hand holding the tool. The ability to perceive touch …
View article: Role of the Dorsal Posterior Parietal Cortex in the Accurate Perception of Object Magnitude in Peripheral Vision
Role of the Dorsal Posterior Parietal Cortex in the Accurate Perception of Object Magnitude in Peripheral Vision Open
Following superior parietal lobule and intraparietal sulcus (SPL-IPS) damage, optic ataxia patients underestimate the distance of objects in the ataxic visual field such that they produce hypometric pointing errors. The metrics of these po…
View article: Attentional limits in visual search with and without dorsal parietal dysfunction: space-based window or object-based span?
Attentional limits in visual search with and without dorsal parietal dysfunction: space-based window or object-based span? Open
View article: Associative learning in peripersonal space: fear responses are acquired in hand-centered coordinates
Associative learning in peripersonal space: fear responses are acquired in hand-centered coordinates Open
Associative fear learning takes place in hand-centered coordinates. Using a Pavlovian fear-learning paradigm, we show that the anticipatory skin conductance response indicating the association between the negative value and an initially ne…
View article: Spatial Hearing Difficulties in Reaching Space in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children Improve With Head Movements
Spatial Hearing Difficulties in Reaching Space in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children Improve With Head Movements Open
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess three-dimensional (3D) spatial hearing abilities in reaching space of children and adolescents fitted with bilateral cochlear implants (BCI). The study also investigated the impact of spontan…
View article: Peripersonal and reaching space differ: Evidence from their spatial extent and multisensory facilitation pattern
Peripersonal and reaching space differ: Evidence from their spatial extent and multisensory facilitation pattern Open
View article: Impaired Spatial Inhibition Processes for Interhemispheric Anti-saccades following Dorsal Posterior Parietal Lesions
Impaired Spatial Inhibition Processes for Interhemispheric Anti-saccades following Dorsal Posterior Parietal Lesions Open
Anti-saccades are eye movements that require inhibition to stop the automatic saccade to the visual target and to perform instead a saccade in the opposite direction. The inhibitory processes underlying anti-saccades have been primarily as…
View article: The impact of a visual spatial frame on real sound-source localization in virtual reality
The impact of a visual spatial frame on real sound-source localization in virtual reality Open
View article: Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to promote adaptation to altered auditory cues
Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to promote adaptation to altered auditory cues Open
View article: Exploring the Effect of Cooperation in Reducing Implicit Racial Bias and Its Relationship With Dispositional Empathy and Political Attitudes
Exploring the Effect of Cooperation in Reducing Implicit Racial Bias and Its Relationship With Dispositional Empathy and Political Attitudes Open
Previous research using immersive virtual reality (VR) has shown that after a short period of embodiment by White people in a Black virtual body, their implicit racial bias against Black people diminishes. Here we tested the effects of som…