Proprioception allows us to determine the position, speed, and direction of each of our body parts, and enables our brains to guide our movements. Researchers explore what happens in the brain when proprioception is lost.
Study of people who are unable to feel touch reveals surprising new details about how we unconsciously embody our physical selves.
Columbia team harnesses powerful technology to uncover never-before-seen details of the nervous system, demonstrating SCAPE's broad potential to decipher the brain.
Researchers report a mismatch between the predicted and actual outcome of an action can alter body perception, making a person feel taller.
Researchers have developed a new version of the classic Mirror Box Illusion to help better understand how the brain processes multiple sensory inputs to perceive our bodies and environment.
Researchers believe the PIEZO2 gene may control specific aspects of human touch and proprioception.
UCL neuroscientists have found evidence that the posterior parietal cortex is the general brain area mostly involved in producing the brain's map of the body in space.
