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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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“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
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- W1984422811
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- 257
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- 8.01
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- 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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