ArticleExperimental brain research2018
Peripersonal space boundaries around the lower limbs.
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- Beyond multisensory peripersonal space: Multiple origins of tactile facilitation induced by approaching stimuli.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Review
- Adult age differences in the modulation of peripersonal space after tool use in virtual reality.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Gaze in context: non-human eyes can be more salient under ecologically relevant conditions.Evolutionary human sciences · 2026Article
- Auditory-tactile presentation accelerates target detection in a multitasking situation.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- Transfer of peripersonal space to a virtual body in young adults and exploration of adult age differences.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Impact of body image on the kinematics of gait initiation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Spatial hearing training in virtual reality with simulated asymmetric hearing loss.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Dissociation of perception and motor execution of lower limb in multi-directional movements.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Paying attention to the outcome of others' actions has dissociated effects on observer's peripersonal space representation and exploitation.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Refraining from interaction can decrease fear of physical closeness during COVID-19.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Spatial proximity to others induces plastic changes in the neural representation of the peripersonal space.iScience · 2023Article
- Multisensory-driven facilitation within the peripersonal space is modulated by the expectations about stimulus location on the body.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Bodily self-recognition in patients with pathological embodiment.Journal of neuroscience research · 2022Article
- Peripersonal space around the upper and the lower limbs.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- During the COVID-19 pandemic participants prefer settings with a face mask, no interaction and at a closer distance.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Use-dependent increase in attention to the prosthetic foot in patients with lower limb amputation.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Peripersonal Space from a multisensory perspective: the distinct effect of the visual and tactile components of Visuo-Tactile stimuli.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- Testosterone administration in women increases the size of their peripersonal space.Experimental brain research · 2021Article
- Lower limb peripersonal space and the desire to amputate a leg.Psychological research · 2021Article
- Cognitive Models of Limb Embodiment in Structurally Varying Bodies: A Theoretical Perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Neurophysiological investigations in non-human primates have shown that bi- and tri-modal fronto-parietal neurons exist that respond to touch on the body and visual (and/or auditory) stimuli near the body. The receptive fields of these neurons extend into space around the body, producing a zone wherein multisensory information is readily integrated. This space around the body, known as peripersonal space (PPS), has also been investigated behaviourally in humans. Some studies have focused on how far into depth the spatial boundaries of PPS extend. Most of these investigations have focused on the upper body (e.g., hands, face, trunk), while little is known about the size of PPS for the lower body (i.e. legs and feet). Thus, the aim of the current study was to delineate a PPS boundary around the lower limbs in healthy participants using a multisensory interaction task. Participants made speeded responses to the presence of vibrations applied to the toes while a task-irrelevant visual stimulus approached towards (Experiment 1) or receded from (Experiment 2) the feet. Participants responded significantly faster to tactile stimuli when the visual stimulus was within approximately 73 cm from the feet, but only when it approached (and not receded from) the legs. This is the first study, to our knowledge, to outline the size of PPS for the lower limbs. These findings could provide insight into the mechanisms underlying multisensory integration in the lower limbs, and add to the current body of knowledge on PPS representations.
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