ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2018
An Action Field Theory of Peripersonal Space.
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102 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Do sounds near the hand facilitate tactile reaction times? Four experiments and a meta-analysis provide mixed support and suggest a small effect size.Experimental brain research · 2020Pooled it
- Reaching measures and feedback effects in auditory peripersonal space.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Experimentally induced pain does not influence updating of peripersonal space and body representations following tool-use.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Beyond multisensory peripersonal space: Multiple origins of tactile facilitation induced by approaching stimuli.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Review
- Age-related changes in front-rear anisotropy of peripersonal space representation.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- Baby face enlarges perceived reachable space.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- From peripersonal space to cognitive maps: An evolutionary perspective.Progress in neurobiology · 2026Review
- Peri-head distance coding in the mouse brainstem.Neuron · 2026Article
- Embodied Neuropsychodynamics of the Relational Self Across Space and Time: An Integrative Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Visual attention towards virtual humans as a function of spatial distance and emotional expression: an eye-tracking study.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Multisensory integration in peripersonal space indexes consciousness states in sleep and disorders of consciousness.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- Action verbs and demonstrative pronouns affect volumetric affordance activation.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- The contextual self: object ownership modulates neural encoding across peripersonal and extrapersonal spaces.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Spatial Distance and Temporal Attentional Focus Modulate Voluntary Action Preparation and Awareness.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Spatial Demonstratives and Perspective Taking in English and Japanese.Cognitive science · 2026Article
- Adult age differences in the modulation of peripersonal space after tool use in virtual reality.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Somatotopy-independent reduction of audio-tactile intersensory facilitation for looming sounds within the peripersonal space during arm movements execution.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Beyond motor recovery: emerging perspectives in the management of peripheral facial palsy-a narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Asymmetry in personal space and distance regulation during one-on-one situations in ball sports.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Interoception vs. Exteroception: Cardiac interoception competes with tactile perception, yet also facilitates self-relevance encoding.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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Abstract
Predominant conceptual frameworks often describe peripersonal space (PPS) as a single, distance-based, in-or-out zone within which stimuli elicit enhanced neural and behavioural responses. Here we argue that this intuitive framework is contradicted by neurophysiological and behavioural data. First, PPS-related measures are not binary, but graded with proximity. Second, they are strongly influenced by factors other than proximity, such as walking, tool use, stimulus valence, and social cues. Third, many different PPS-related responses exist, and each can be used to describe a different space. Here, we reconceptualise PPS as a set of graded fields describing behavioural relevance of actions aiming to create or avoid contact between objects and the body. This reconceptualisation incorporates PPS into mainstream theories of action selection and behaviour.
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