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Behavioral, Neural, and Computational Principles of Bodily Self-Consciousness

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Blanke, Olaf, Slater, Mel, Serino, Andrea·2015·Neuron
DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.09.029
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Recent work in human cognitive neuroscience has linked self-consciousness to the processing of multisensory bodily signals (bodily self-consciousness [BSC]) in fronto-parietal cortex and more posterior temporo-parietal regions. We highlight the behavioral, neurophysiological, neuroimaging, and computational laws that subtend BSC in humans and non-human primates. We propose that BSC includes body-centered perception (hand, face, and trunk), based on the integration of proprioceptive, vestibular, and visual bodily inputs, and involves spatio-temporal mechanisms integrating multisensory bodily stimuli within peripersonal space (PPS). We develop four major constraints of BSC (proprioception, body-related visual information, PPS, and embodiment) and argue that the fronto-parietal and temporo-parietal processing of trunk-centered multisensory signals in PPS is of particular relevance for theoretical models and simulations of BSC and eventually of self-consciousness.

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  • The multisensory mechanism of PPS representation contributes to a representation of the self as distinct from the environment and others and contributes to Bodily Self-Consciousness.

    “Interestingly, it has recently been suggested that the multisensory mechanism of PPS representation contributes to a representation of the self as distinct from the environment and the others and contributes to Bodily Self-Consciousness (Blanke, Slater, & Serino, 2015;Noel, Bertoni, et al., 2020;Noel, Failla, et al., 2020;Noel, Lytle, Cascio, & Wallace, 2018;Scandola et al., 2020;Serino, 2019).”

    From The Peripersonal Space in a social world (2021) · cites this paper as Blanke, Slater, & Serino, 2015

  • Limited vestibular nuclei connectivity with the temporoparietal junction in the dissociative subtype may negatively affect the ability to understand one's own self-orientation in space and can lead to feelings of disembodiment, where body ownership is compromised and one's own mental agency to exert movement is limited.

    “Harricharan et al. (2017) showed that as compared to healthy individuals and individuals with classic PTSD, the dissociative subtype showed limited vestibular nuclei connectivity with the temporoparietal junction within the parieto-insular vestibular cortex, a pattern of neural disruption that may negatively affect the ability to understand one’s own self-orientation in space and can lead to feel”

    From How Processing of Sensory Information From the Internal and External Worlds Shape the Perception and Engagement With the World in the Aftermath of Trauma: Implications for PTSD (2021) · cites this paper as Blanke et al., 2015

  • Such illusions arise from congruent or incongruent visuo-tactile stimulation but are also further modulated by the visual illumination of the virtual body in synchrony with heartbeats or respiration.

    “Such illusions arise from congruent or incongruent visuo-tactile stimulation 216 but are also further modulated by the visual illumination of the virtual body in synchrony with heartbeats 43-45 or respiration 149,150 .”

    From Interoceptive rhythms in the brain (2023) · cites this paper as [216]

  • Multisensory integration has been proposed to underlie the bodily self, as suggested by experimentally-induced bodily illusions.

    “Multisensory integration has been proposed to underlie the bodily self (Figure 4F), as suggested by experimentally-induced bodily illusions.”

    From Interoceptive rhythms in the brain (2023) · cites this paper as [216]

  • Perceiving one's body as part of a visual scene relies on visual, proprioceptive, and tactile cues, which are processed initially in different brain regions and subsequently integrated in multisensory brain regions.

    “Perceiving one’s body as part of a visual scene (for example a hand lying on a table) relies on i. visual, ii. proprioceptive, and iii. tactile cues. These signals are processed initially in different brain regions and subsequently integrated in multisensory brain regions [42,43].”

    From First-person view of one’s body in immersive virtual reality: Influence on episodic memory (2019) · cites this paper as [43]

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Authors
Blanke, O., Slater, M., & Serino, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Corresponding author
  • Blanke, Olaf
  • Serino, Andrea
ORCID
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-10
Volume
88
Issue
1
Pages
145-166
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.neuron.2015.09.029
OpenAlex
W1933934289
Cited by
698
References
247
Citations by year
2026: 58 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 70 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 78 · 2021: 77 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 59 · 2018: 71 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 37 · 2015: 4
FWCI
6.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
Keywords
bodily self-consciousness, multisensory integration, peripersonal space, proprioception, embodiment, frontoparietal cortex, temporoparietal cortex, non-human primates
MeSH terms
Body Image, Brain, Consciousness, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Parietal Lobe, Perception, Proprioception, Self Concept, Sensation, Space Perception, Temporal Lobe, Visual Perception

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