The commentaries have raised important points regarding different aspects of our model.
Some have queried the nature of the proposed dissociations, whereas others have requested …

A series of experiments documenting the reaching and grasping of two patients with optic
ataxia is presented. We compare their immediate responses with their behavior when required …

The somatosensory system is important for many functions, such as tactile recognition, the
perception of our body, and motor actions. We present a comprehensive review of the human …

Early visual areas contain specific information about visual items maintained in working
memory, suggesting a role for early visual cortex in more complex cognitive functions [1–4]. It is …

In the well-known rubber hand illusion (RHI), watching a rubber hand being stroked while
one's own unseen hand is synchronously stroked, induces a relocation of the sensed position …

This randomized controlled trial evaluated the therapeutic benefit of mental practice with motor
imagery in stroke patients with persistent upper limb motor weakness. There is evidence …

Objective: To assess the efficacy of motor imagery training for arm function in chronic stroke
patients. The relation between mental processes such as attentional and perceived personal …

Background Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) have a persistent distorted experience of
the size of their body. Previously we found that the Rubber Hand Illusion improves hand size …

"Optic ataxia" is caused by damage to the human posterior parietal cortex (PPC). It disrupts
all components of a visually guided prehension movement, not only the transport of the hand …

We tested a patient (AT) with bilateral brain damage to the parietal lobes, whose resulting ‘optic
ataxia’ causes her to make large pointing errors when asked to locate single light …