Tool-use reshapes the boundaries of body and peripersonal space representations
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Interaction with objects in the environment typically requires integrating information concerning the object location with the position and size of body parts. The former information is coded in a multisensory representation of the space around the body, a representation of peripersonal space (PPS), whereas the latter is enabled by an online, constantly updated, action-orientated multisensory representation of the body (BR). Using a tool to act upon relatively distant objects extends PPS representation. This effect has been interpreted as indicating that tools can be incorporated into BR. However, empirical data showing that tool-use simultaneously affects PPS representation and BR are lacking. To study this issue, we assessed the extent of PPS representation by means of an audio-tactile interaction task and BR by means of a tactile distance perception task and a body-landmarks localisation task, before and after using a 1-m-long tool to reach far objects. Tool-use extended the representation of PPS along the tool axis and concurrently shaped BR; after tool-use, subjects perceived their forearm narrower and longer compared to before tool-use, a shape more similar to the one of the tool. Tool-use was necessary to induce these effects, since a pointing task did not affect PPS and BR. These results show that a brief training with a tool induces plastic changes both to the perceived dimensions of the body part acting upon the tool and to the space around it, suggesting a strong overlap between peripersonal space and body representation.
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Using tools to interact with objects in the environment both shapes peripersonal space representation and alters the perception of the body itself.
“A prominent line of research has shown that using tools to interact with objects in the environment both shapes peripersonal space representation (see Ladavas & Serino, 2008;Maravita & Iriki, 2004 for reviews) and alters the perception of the body itself (Canzoneri et al., 2013;Cardinali et al., 2009;Longo & Serino, 2012 for comments).”
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- Authors
- Canzoneri, E., Ubaldi, S., Rastelli, V., Finisguerra, A., Bassolino, M., & Serino, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna (IT)
- University of Trento (IT)
- Italian Institute of Technology (IT)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Canzoneri, Elisa
- Serino, Andrea
- Venue
- Experimental Brain Research
- Published
- 2013-05-03
- Volume
- 228
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 25-42
- ISSN
- 0014-4819 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1106
- OpenAlex
- W1984422811
- Cited by
- 257
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- infoscience.epfl.ch
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Experimental Brain Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- reroDoc Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
- Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa) (submittedVersion)
- Iris (University of Trento) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Keywords
- tool use, peripersonal space, representation of the body, multisensory integration, tactile distance perception, neuroplasticity
- MeSH terms
- Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Body Image, Distance Perception, Female, Humans, Learning, Male, Motor Skills, Personal Space, Physical Stimulation, Space Perception, Touch, Touch Perception, Young Adult, Visual Analog Scale
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