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Having a body versus moving your body: neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

2010

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
      - Having a body versus moving your body: neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
Duration:	2007-09 - 2008-05
Researcher(s):	Patrick Haggard
Institution(s):	University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress reports Final report 1 Article
Language:	eng
Author:	Haggard, P.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070.03
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	Having a body versus moving your body: neural signatures of agency and body-ownership
Publication year:	2010
URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393210002022
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The exact relation between the sense that one's body is one's own (body-ownership) and the sense that one controls one's own bodily actions (agency) has been the focus of much speculation, but remains unclear. On an ‘additive’ model, agency and body-ownership are strongly related; the ability to control actions is a powerful cue to body-ownership. This view implies a component common to the senses of body-ownership and agency, plus possible additional components unique to agency. An alternative ‘independence’ model holds that agency and body-ownership are qualitatively different experiences, triggered by different inputs, and recruiting distinct brain networks. We tested these two specific models by investigating the sensory and motor aspects of body-representation in the brain using fMRI. Activations in midline cortical structures were associated with a sensory-driven sense of body-ownership, and were absent in agency conditions. Activity in the pre-SMA was linked to the sense of agency, but distinct from the sense of body-ownership. No shared activations that would support the additive model were found. The results support the independence model. Body-ownership involves a psychophysiological baseline, linked to activation of the brain's default mode network. Agency is linked to premotor and parietal areas involved in generating motor intentions and subsequent action monitoring.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Related objects:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.03
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Longo, M. R., Haggard, P.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Longo, M. R., & Haggard, P. (2010). Having a body versus moving your body: neural signatures of agency and body-ownership. Neuropsychologia, 48(9), 2740–2749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.021
2-year Impact Factor:	3.949\|2010
Times cited:	255\|2025-02-07
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Agency / Body ownership / Supplementary motor area / Parietal cortex / Cortical midline structures / Self
Having a body versus moving your body: neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

Document

The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body

2008

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
      - The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
Duration:	2007-09 - 2008-05
Researcher(s):	Patrick Haggard
Institution(s):	University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress reports Final report 1 Article
Language:	eng
Author:	Haggard, P.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070.04
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body
Publication year:	2008
URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393208002601
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: We constantly feel, see and move our body, and have no doubt that it is our own. The brain possesses a distinction between the body and the objects in the outside world. This distinction may be based on a process that monitors whether sensations, events and objects should be attributed to one's body or not. We controlled whether an external object was represented as part of the body or not, by experimentally inducing a bodily illusion using correlated visual and tactile stimulation. We then studied the role of right temporo-parietal junction (rTPJ) in the processing of multisensory events that may or may not be attributed to one's body. Disruption of rTPJ using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) made the distinction between what may or may not be part of one's body on the basis of multisensory evidence more ambiguous, suggesting that the rTPJ is actively involved in maintaining a coherent sense of one's body, distinct from external, non-corporeal, objects.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Costantini, M., Haggard, P.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Costantini, M., & Haggard, P. (2008). The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body. Neuropsychologia, 46(12), 3014-3018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.06.004
2-year Impact Factor:	4.074\|2008
Times cited:	219\|2025-02-07
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Body / Body ownership / Multisensory integration / Rubber hand illusion / Temporoparietal junction / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Self

Document

Sense of agency primes manual motor responses

2008

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
      - Sense of agency primes manual motor responses

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
Duration:	2007-09 - 2008-05
Researcher(s):	Patrick Haggard
Institution(s):	University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress reports Final report 1 Article
Language:	eng
Author:	Haggard, P.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070.06
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	Sense of agency primes manual motor responses
Publication year:	2008
URL:	http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=p6045
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Perceiving the body influences how we perceive and respond to stimuli in the world. We investigated the respective effects of different components of bodily representation—the senses of ownership and agency—on responses to simple visual stimuli. Participants viewed a video image of their hand on a computer monitor presented either in real time, or with a systematic delay. Blocks began with an induction period in which the index finger was (i) brushed, (ii) passively moved, or (iii) actively moved by the participant. Subjective reports showed that the sense of ownership over the seen hand emerged with synchronous video, regardless of the type of induction, whereas the sense of agency over the hand emerged only following synchronous video with active movement. Following induction, participants responded as quickly as possible to the onset of visual stimuli near the hand by pressing a button with their other hand. Reaction time was significantly speeded when participants had a sense of agency over their seen hand. This effect was eliminated when participants responded vocally, suggesting that it reflects priming of manual responses, rather than enhanced stimulus detection. These results suggest that vision of one’s own hand—and, specifically, the sense of agency over that hand—primes manual motor responses.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Longo, M. R.
Secondary author(s):	Haggard, P.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Longo, M. R., & Haggard, P. (2008). Sense of agency primes manual motor responses. Perception, 38(1), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1068/p6045
2-year Impact Factor:	1.360\|2008
Times cited:	84\|2025-02-07
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q4
Keywords:	Body representation / Body ownership / Agency
Sense of agency primes manual motor responses

Document

Final report - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition

2009

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
      - Final report - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Duration:	2007-09 - 2010-01
Researcher(s):	Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris, Angela Sirigu, Patrick Haggard, Matteus Joffily
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Poster 2 Articles 1 Book chapter
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.01
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	Final report - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Publication year:	2009
URL:	http://www.bial.com/imagem/165-06-20131212.pdf
Abstract/Results:	RESULTS: The exact relation between the sense that one’s body is one’s own (body-ownership) and the sense that one controls one’s own bodily actions (agency) has been the focus of much speculation, but remains unclear. On an ‘additive’ model, agency and body-ownership are strongly related; the ability to control actions is a powerful cue to body-ownership. This view implies a component common to the senses of body-ownership and agency, plus possible additional components unique to agency. An alternative ‘independence’ model holds that agency and body-ownership are qualitatively different experiences, triggered by different inputs, and recruiting distinct brain networks. We tested these two specific models by investigating the sensory and motor aspects of body-representation in the brain using fMRI. Activations in midline cortical structures were associated with a sensory-driven sense of body-ownership, and were absent in agency conditions. Activity in the pre-SMA was linked to the sense of agency, but distinct from the sense of body-ownership. No shared activations that would support the additive model were found. The results support the independence model. Body-ownership involves a psychophysiological baseline, linked to activation of the brain’s default mode network. Agency is linked to premotor and parietal areas involved in generating motor intentions and subsequent action monitoring. The apparently inconsistent results between psychophysical and neuroimaging experiments are interpreted in the context of our recent understanding of neuropsychological syndromes that affect action- and/or body-awareness.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Document type:	Final report
Number of reproductions:	1
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Agency / Body ownership / Supplementary motor area / Angular gyrus / Cortical midline structures / Self-recognition
Final report - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition

Document

Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

2010

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
      - Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Duration:	2007-09 - 2010-01
Researcher(s):	Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris, Angela Sirigu, Patrick Haggard, Matteus Joffily
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Poster 2 Articles 1 Book chapter
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.03
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership
Publication year:	2010
URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393210002022
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The exact relation between the sense that one's body is one's own (body-ownership) and the sense that one controls one's own bodily actions (agency) has been the focus of much speculation, but remains unclear. On an ‘additive’ model, agency and body-ownership are strongly related; the ability to control actions is a powerful cue to body-ownership. This view implies a component common to the senses of body-ownership and agency, plus possible additional components unique to agency. An alternative ‘independence’ model holds that agency and body-ownership are qualitatively different experiences, triggered by different inputs, and recruiting distinct brain networks. We tested these two specific models by investigating the sensory and motor aspects of body-representation in the brain using fMRI. Activations in midline cortical structures were associated with a sensory-driven sense of body-ownership, and were absent in agency conditions. Activity in the pre-SMA was linked to the sense of agency, but distinct from the sense of body-ownership. No shared activations that would support the additive model were found. The results support the independence model. Body-ownership involves a psychophysiological baseline, linked to activation of the brain's default mode network. Agency is linked to premotor and parietal areas involved in generating motor intentions and subsequent action monitoring.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file (previous version submitted for publication)
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Related objects:	PT/FB/BL-2006-70.03
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Longo, M. R., Haggard, P.
Document type:	Article-d
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Longo, M. R., & Haggard, P. (2010). Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership. Neuropsychologia, 48(9), 2740–2749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.021
2-year Impact Factor:	3.949\|2010
Times cited:	255\|2025-02-07
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Agency / Body ownership / Supplementary motor area / Parietal cortex / Cortical midline structures / Self
Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

Document

Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of body-owernship and agency

2009

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
      - Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of body-owernship and agency

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Duration:	2007-09 - 2010-01
Researcher(s):	Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris, Angela Sirigu, Patrick Haggard, Matteus Joffily
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Poster 2 Articles 1 Book chapter
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.04
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of body-owernship and agency
Publication year:	2009
URL:	http://imrf.mcmaster.ca/IMRF/ocs/index.php/meetings/2009/paper/view/653
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Body ownership can be easily confused with the sense of controlling ones body because agency is a powerful cue to ownership: my body feels like 'mine' in part because I can control it at will. As a result, interactions between body-ownership and agency are difficult to investigate. A first imaging study using PET reveals that the right posterior insula that has been previously linked to agency, may in fact encode body-ownership. Because agency typically involves both efferent and afferent signals, previous studies have been unable to distinguish between these alternatives. We therefore developed an fMRI paradigm to investigate multisensory and sensorimotor aspects of body representation in the brain in an attempt to disambiguate the neural signatures of agency and body-ownership. Movements of the participant's hand were either self-generated or externally-generated, and video-feedback was relayed either in real-time or with a systematic delay. Analyses showed different activations in the right parietal lobe for intersensory and sensorimotor conflicts. Activity in the SMA was linked to a sense of agency distinct from the sense of body-ownership, while activations in midline cortical structures were associated with a purely sensory-driven sense of body-ownership. The results are discussed in the light of recent neurocognitive models of self.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Notes:	Only abstract available
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Longo, M. R., Haggard, P.
Document type:	Unpublished document
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Longo, M. R., & Haggard, P. (2009, July). Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of body-owernship and agency. Paper presented at the 10th International Multisensory Research Forum, New York, NY, USA.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Agency / Body ownership / Supplementary motor area / Parietal cortex / Cortical midline structures / Self
Having a body versus moving your body: Neural signatures of body-owernship and agency

Document

Neural signatures of body-ownership and agency

2009

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
      - Neural signatures of body-ownership and agency

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Duration:	2007-09 - 2010-01
Researcher(s):	Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris, Angela Sirigu, Patrick Haggard, Matteus Joffily
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Poster 2 Articles 1 Book chapter
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.05
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	Neural signatures of body-ownership and agency
Publication year:	2009
URL:	http://www.theassc.org/files/assc/assc13_abstracts_screen.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Body ownership can be easily confounded with the sense of controlling one’s body because agency is a powerful cue to ownership: my body feels like mine because I can control it at will. As a result, interactions between body-ownership and agency are difficult to investigate. We developed an fMRI paradigm to investigate multisensory and sensorimotor aspects of body representation in the brain. Movements of the participant’s hand were either self-generated or externally-generated, and video-feedback was relayed in real-time or with a systematic delay. Analyses showed different activations in the right parietal lobe for intersensory and sensorimotor conflicts. Activity in the sma was linked to a sense of agency over and above the sense of body-ownership, while activations in midline cortical structures were associated with a purely sensory-driven sense of body-ownership. The results are discussed in the light of recent neurocognitive models of self.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Longo, M. R., Haggard, P.
Document type:	Abstract book
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Longo, M. R., & Haggard, P. (2009). Neural signatures of body-ownership and agency. In P. Wilken (Ed.), Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness - ASSC (pp. 270-271). Berlin, Germany.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Agency / Body ownership / Supplementary motor area / Parietal cortex / Cortical midline structures / Self
Neural signatures of body-ownership and agency

Document

The self-other distinction: insights from self-recognition experiments

2008

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
      - The self-other distinction: insights from self-recognition experiments

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Duration:	2007-09 - 2010-01
Researcher(s):	Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris, Angela Sirigu, Patrick Haggard, Matteus Joffily
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Poster 2 Articles 1 Book chapter
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.06
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	The self-other distinction: insights from self-recognition experiments
Publication year:	2008
URL:	http://www.neurovr.org/emerging/volume10.html
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Recent neuroscientific studies of self-awareness have focused on how the self compares to representations of other people, on the ability to represent and attribute mental states, and on the ability to represent how the external world would appear from other viewpoints. Social cognitive neuroscience tends to emphasize the shared properties of self and others across several dimensions, such as the shared properties of actions, bodies and sensations, rather than the asymmetries between self and other. In the present chapter, we put forward the hypothesis that the experience and representation of one's own body may underpin the distinction between the self and other agents. In every inter-action, there are both private and public states and signals represented in the brain of the agent and the observer. Private signals refer to centrally generated action representations such as intentions, efferent signals (e.g. efference copy, motor commands), and re-afferent signals such as proprioception. Public signals originate from observable sensory events, both re-afferent and ex-afferent, such as visual and auditory signals that may refer to bodies, objects or complex patterns of motor behaviour How are these signals used to disambiguate the identity of bodies and the origin of actions? By focusing on recent experiments on self-recognition, we propose that the experience of one's actions, which depends largely on the processing of efferent information, may function as a unifying element that structures a coherent representation of the bodily self, as distinct from the other agents.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Document type:	Book chapter
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M. (2008). The self-other distinction: insights from self-recognition experiments. In F. Morganti, A., Carassa, & G. Riva (Eds), Enacting intersubjectivity: A cognitive and social perspective to the study of interactions (pp. 149-164). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOP Press.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Agency / Body ownership / Self-awareness
The self-other distinction: insights from self-recognition experiments

Document

Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

2008

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
      - Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Duration:	2007-09 - 2010-01
Researcher(s):	Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris, Angela Sirigu, Patrick Haggard, Matteus Joffily
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Poster 2 Articles 1 Book chapter
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.07
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership
Publication year:	2008
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Longo, M. R., Ehrsson, H., Haggard, P.
Document type:	Unpublished document
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Longo, M. R., Ehrsson, H., & Haggard, P. (2008, November). Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Body ownership / Agency
Neural signatures of agency and body-ownership

Document

The sense of self in the brain: neural correlates of self-recognition

2010

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
      - The sense of self in the brain: neural correlates of self-recognition

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	165 - The sense of self in the brain: Neural correlates of self-recognition
Duration:	2007-09 - 2010-01
Researcher(s):	Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris, Angela Sirigu, Patrick Haggard, Matteus Joffily
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Poster 2 Articles 1 Book chapter
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-165.08
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 12/2006
Title:	The sense of self in the brain: neural correlates of self-recognition
Publication year:	2010
URL:	http://www.bial.com/simposio/Livro_de_Actas_8_Simposio.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: Two important aspects of self-consciousness are the sense of one’s own body (socalled ‘body-ownership’) and the sense that one controls one’s own bodily actions (agency). The exact relation between these has been the focus of much speculation, but remains unclear. We distinguish two models of their relation. On an ‘additive’ model, agency and body-ownership are strongly related, because the ability to control actions is a powerful cue to body-ownership. This view implies a component common to the senses of body-ownership and agency, plus possible additional components unique to agency. An alternative ‘independence’ model holds that agency and body-ownership are qualitatively different experiences, triggered by different inputs, and recruiting distinct brain networks. METHODOLOGY: We developed a paradigm to investigate sensory and motor aspects of body representation in the brain using fMRI. Participant’s either made self-generated finger-movements, or remained passive while similar movements were applied to their fingers by an external force, while seeing a video image of their hand either in real-time or with a systematic delay that generated a conflict. RESULTS: Activations in midline cortical structures were associated with a purely sensory-driven sense of body-ownership, and were absent in agency conditions. In contrast, activity in the pre-SMA was linked to the sense of agency, but distinct from the sense of body-ownership. Importantly, no shared activations that would support the additive model were found. CONCLUSIONS: The results support an independence model of agency and body-ownership, and do not support the additive model. Agency and body-ownership appear to be qualitatively different experiences, representing two distinct components of self-recognition. The feeling of ownership over one’s body involves a psychophysiological baseline, linked to activation of the brain’s default mode network. Agency over one’s body is linked to premotor and parietal areas involved in the generation of motor intentions and subsequent action monitoring.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., Joffily, M.
Document type:	Conference abstract
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Sirigu, A., Haggard, P., & Joffily, M. (2010). The sense of self in the brain: neural correlates of self-recognition. In Aquém e além do cérebro. Behind and beyond the brain. Proceedings of the 8th Symposium of Fundação Bial (p. 243). Porto: Fundação Bial.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Agency / Body ownership / Supplementary motor area / Angular gyrus / Cortical midline structures / Self-recognition
The sense of self in the brain: neural correlates of self-recognition

Document

Plasticity in unimodal and multimodal brain areas reflects multisensory changes in self-face identification

2013

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2010 Grants
    - 086 - The different faces of one's self: Neural correlates of changes in self-identity
      - Plasticity in unimodal and multimodal brain areas reflects multisensory changes in self-face identification

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:	2010 Grants
Start date:	2011-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-086
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 4/2010
Title:	086 - The different faces of one's self: Neural correlates of changes in self-identity
Duration:	2011-09 - 2012-10
Researcher(s):	Ana Tajadura-Jiménez, Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Article 1 Poster
Language:	eng
Author:	Tajadura-Jiménez, A.
Secondary author(s):	Tsakiris, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-086.03
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 4/2010
Title:	Plasticity in unimodal and multimodal brain areas reflects multisensory changes in self-face identification
Publication year:	2013
URL:	http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/19/cercor.bht199.abstract
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Nothing provides as strong a sense of self as seeing one's face. Nevertheless, it remains unknown how the brain processes the sense of self during the multisensory experience of looking at one's face in a mirror. Synchronized visuo-tactile stimulation on one's own and another's face, an experience that is akin to looking in the mirror but seeing another's face, causes the illusory experience of ownership over the other person's face and changes in self-recognition. Here, we investigate the neural correlates of this enfacement illusion using fMRI. We examine activity in the human brain as participants experience tactile stimulation delivered to their face, while observing either temporally synchronous or asynchronous tactile stimulation delivered to another's face on either a specularly congruent or incongruent location. Activity in the multisensory right temporo-parietal junction, intraparietal sulcus, and the unimodal inferior occipital gyrus showed an interaction between the synchronicity and the congruency of the stimulation and varied with the self-reported strength of the illusory experience, which was recorded after each stimulation block. Our results highlight the important interplay between unimodal and multimodal information processing for self-face recognition, and elucidate the neurobiological basis for the plasticity required for identifying with our continuously changing visual appearance.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Apps, M. A.
Secondary author(s):	Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Sereno, M., Blanke, O., Tsakiris, M.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Apps, M. A., Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Sereno, M., Blanke, O., & Tsakiris, M. (2013). Plasticity in unimodal and multimodal brain areas reflects multisensory changes in self-face identification. Cerebral Cortex, 47(10), 1438-1445. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht199
2-year Impact Factor:	8.305\|2013
Times cited:	60\|2025-02-10
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Agency / Body ownership / Insula / Rubber hand illusion / Self-consciousness / Somatosensory cortex

Document

The different faces of one's self: An fMRI study into the recognition of current and past self-facial appearances

2012

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2010 Grants
    - 086 - The different faces of one's self: Neural correlates of changes in self-identity
      - The different faces of one's self: An fMRI study into the recognition of current and past self-facial appearances

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:	2010 Grants
Start date:	2011-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-086
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 4/2010
Title:	086 - The different faces of one's self: Neural correlates of changes in self-identity
Duration:	2011-09 - 2012-10
Researcher(s):	Ana Tajadura-Jiménez, Emmanouil (Manos) Tsakiris
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 1 Article 1 Poster
Language:	eng
Author:	Tajadura-Jiménez, A.
Secondary author(s):	Tsakiris, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Brain structure and function / Self

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-086.04
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 4/2010
Title:	The different faces of one's self: An fMRI study into the recognition of current and past self-facial appearances
Publication year:	2012
URL:	http://www.theassc.org/files/assc/ASSC16_Handbook.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: A plethora of research has investigated the neural basis of the ability to recognise one’s current facial appearance in photographs or mirrors. However, one important question has not previously been examined; how are images of one’s past facial appearance processed in the brain when they are also recognised as “me”? To examine this question, we used fMRI to investigate brain activity as participants viewed images of themselves, morphed with images of a personally familiar other. The images were morphs between the participants’ and the familiar others’ current facial appearances or their childhood appearances. The participants performed a self-other judgement on morphed pictures that contained 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% or 100% “self”. We analysed the fMRI data parametrically, to examine activity that covaried with the percentage of “self” present in the stimuli. Activity in areas involved in body-ownership and memory retrieval varied with the amount of the participants’ childhood face in the images, but not the amount of the participants’ current facial appearance. We also found that activity in a network of face-selective, but not self-face selective areas varied with the amount of current self in the stimuli and not the amount of childhood self. We argue that a representation of one’s current facial appearance is maintained and updated in networks that process all faces. In contrast, representations of one’s past facial appearances are stored in memory and then are re-experienced as a part of one’s own body, allowing them to be recognised as one’s own.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file (poster)
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Notes:	Abstract and respective poster in attachment
Author:	Apps, M. A.
Secondary author(s):	Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Turley, G., Tsakiris, M.
Document type:	Abstract book
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Apps, M. A., Tajadura-Jiménez, A., Turley, G., & Tsakiris, M. (2012). The different faces of one's self: An fMRI study into the recognition of current and past self-facial appearances. In A. Seth & Z. Dienes (Eds.), Conference handbook of the 16th Annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (p. 47). Brighton, UK.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Self-recognition / Faces / Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) / Body ownership / Memory
The different faces of one's self: An fMRI study into the recognition of current and past self-facial appearances

Document

Final report - The Body beyond the body

2014

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2012 Grants
    - 041 - The Body beyond the body
      - Final report - The Body beyond the body

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012
Location:	SEC PCA
Title:	2012 Grants
Start date:	2013-02

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012-041
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2012
Title:	041 - The Body beyond the body
Duration:	2013-03 - 2015-01
Researcher(s):	Marcello Costantini, Francesca Ferri
Institution(s):	Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report
Language:	eng
Author:	Costantini, M.
Secondary author(s):	Ferri, F.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system / Self / Body awareness / Brain structure and function

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012-041.01
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2012
Title:	Final report - The Body beyond the body
Publication year:	2014
URL:	https://www.bial.com/imagem/Grant4112.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND More than 100 papers have been published on the rubber hand illusion since its discovery 14 years ago. The illusion has been proposed as a demonstration that the body is distinguished from other objects by its participation in specific forms of intermodal perceptual correlation. Here, we radically challenge this view by claiming that actual perceptual correlation is not necessary to produce the experience of this body as mine, as expectations about what could be my body are sufficient. AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this project was to empirically provide support to the idea that peripersonal space (PPS) is not a region surrounding the body that acts as an interface between the body and the environment; rather it is actually a part of our body. To this aim we proposed to test whether it is possible to induce a sense of body ownership over a rubber hand when tactile stimuli were neither delivered over a seen rubber hand nor over the hidden participants’ hand. METHOD Participants were submitted to an experimental set-up similar to that employed during the standard Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI). In our case, however, instead of receiving congruent visuo-tactile stimulation, participants observe an object merely entering their own PPS and approaching the rubber hand. RESULTS The Project was successful in demonstrating that participants did experience a full-blown illusion. At the neural level we demonstrated that the parietal lobe, a cortical region encoding PPS, is activated by the sight of an object entering participants’ PPS. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that expectations about forthcoming sensory events are sufficient to induce a sense of body ownership.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Costantini, M.
Document type:	Final report
Number of reproductions:	1
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Body ownership / Rubber hand illusion / Expectation / Bodily self
Final report - The Body beyond the body

Document

Final report - Mechanisms of self-other distinction in mirror-touch synaesthesia

2016

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2012 Grants
    - 074- Mechanisms of self-other distinction in mirror-touch synaesthesia
      - Final report - Mechanisms of self-other distinction in mirror-touch synaesthesia

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012
Location:	SEC PCA
Title:	2012 Grants
Start date:	2013-02

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012-074
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 14/2012
Title:	074- Mechanisms of self-other distinction in mirror-touch synaesthesia
Duration:	2013-10 - 2016-04
Researcher(s):	Michael Joseph Banissy, James Moore
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress reports Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Banissy, M.
Secondary author(s):	Moore, J.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Self / Body awareness / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012-074.01
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 14/2012
Title:	Final report - Mechanisms of self-other distinction in mirror-touch synaesthesia
Publication year:	2016
URL:	https://www.bial.com/imagem/Grant7412.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES Individuals with mirror-touch synaesthesia (MTS) experience tactile sensations on their own body when viewing touch to other people. The authenticity of these experiences has been well established, but why some people have MTS remains unclear. One theory is that MTS is related to atypical abilities in distinguishing the self from others. AIMS The primary aim was to examine mechanisms of self-other representation in MTS by studying major aspects of self-other perception including: the sense of ownership (the feeling that one’s body is one’s own), the sense of agency (the feeling that one’s actions are completed by oneself), and the ability to control representations of the self or other. Additionally, broader traits and cognitive styles linked with self-other representation were examined. METHODS A series of experiments were conducted combining methods from neuropsychology, psychophysics, and individual differences research. For example, agency and ownership perception; interoceptive sensibility and interoceptive accuracy; measures of self-other control; and psychometric personality inventories. Performance was compared between control and MTS participants. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS Across several measures MTS were found to show altered self-other representations. This included atypical representations of the sense of ownership and agency (e.g. Cioffi et al., 2016), and difficulties with controlling self-other representations in circumstances where they had to inhibit others (Santiesteban et al., 2015). Collectively these findings point to altered boundaries between the self and other MTS, and are consistent with the theory that MTS is linked to a more expansive plasticity of the bodily self.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permisison
Language:	eng
Author:	Banissy, M.
Document type:	Final report
Number of reproductions:	1
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Synaesthesia / Mirror-touch / Self-other / Agency / Body ownership

Document

Final report - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness

2017

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 150 - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness
      - Final report - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-150
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	150 - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness
Duration:	2015-02 - 2017-03
Researcher(s):	Emmanuele Tidoni, Gaetano Tieri, Matteo Candidi, Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Institution(s):	Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Rome (Italy); Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress reports Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Tidoni, E.
Secondary author(s):	Tieri, G., Candidi, M., Aglioti, S.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Virtual Reality / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Skin Conductance Response / Bodily Self illusions / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-150.01
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	Final report - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness
Publication year:	2017
URL:	https://www.bial.com/imagem/Bolsa%2015014.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: AIM OF THE STUDY The project aimed to investigate the contribution of brain visuo-motor areas and sensorimotor plasticity following the manipulation of subjective experience of body ownership by means of visual manipulation of body continuity. METHOD We collected subjective and physiological (skin conductance responses, motor evoked potentials) answers in healthy participants immersed in a virtual reality environment and explored whether visual discontinuity between the hand and limb of an avatar could reduce a person’s sense of ownership of the virtual body. RESULTS We observed that placing different amounts of visual discontinuity between a virtual hand and limb differently modulate the perceived sense of ownership and control over observed virtual bodies and actions. Crucially autonomic reactivity but not motor evoked potentials were modulated by the felt ownership over the virtual body. Indeed only high amplitudes of SCRs were found during the observation of both a normal hand-limb connection and a non-natural connection by means of a rigid wire. On the other hand, the analysis of subjective ratings revealed that only the observation of natural full connected virtual limb elicited high levels of ownership in all studies. DISCUSSION Our data show that mere observation of limb discontinuity can change a person’s ownership and agency over a virtual body observed from a first-person perspective, even in the absence of any multisensory stimulation of the real body. Importantly different measures of physiological activity were differently modulated by subjective body ownership sensations suggesting that different methods to elicit body ownership illusions may differently affect indirect indexes of body representation.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Tidoni, E.
Secondary author(s):	Tieri, G., Candidi, M., Aglioti, S.
Document type:	Final report
Number of reproductions:	1
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Body ownership / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Virtual reality / Skin conductance / Motor evoked potentials
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The role of audiovisual feedback in a thought-based control of a humanoid robot: a BCI study in healthy and spinal cord injured people

2016

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 150 - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness
      - The role of audiovisual feedback in a thought-based control of a humanoid robot: a BCI study in healthy and spinal cord injured people

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-150
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	150 - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness
Duration:	2015-02 - 2017-03
Researcher(s):	Emmanuele Tidoni, Gaetano Tieri, Matteo Candidi, Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Institution(s):	Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Rome (Italy); Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress reports Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Tidoni, E.
Secondary author(s):	Tieri, G., Candidi, M., Aglioti, S.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Virtual Reality / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Skin Conductance Response / Bodily Self illusions / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-150.07
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	The role of audiovisual feedback in a thought-based control of a humanoid robot: a BCI study in healthy and spinal cord injured people
Publication year:	2016
URL:	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7530928/
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The efficient control of our body and successful interaction with the environment are possible through the integration of multisensory information. Brain-computer interface (BCI) may allow people with sensorimotor disorders to actively interact in the world. In this study, visual information was paired with auditory feedback to improve the BCI control of a humanoid surrogate. Healthy and spinal cord injured (SCI) people were asked to embody a humanoid robot and complete a pick-and-place task by means of a visual evoked potentials BCI system. Participants observed the remote environment from the robot’s perspective through a head mounted display. Human-footsteps and computer-beep sounds were used as synchronous/asynchronous auditory feedback. Healthy participants achieved better placing accuracy when listening to human footstep sounds relative to a computergenerated sound. SCI people demonstrated more difficulty in steering the robot during asynchronous auditory feedback conditions. Importantly, subjective reports highlighted that the BCI mask overlaying the display did not limit the observation of the scenario and the feeling of being in control of the robot. Overall, the data seem to suggest that sensorimotor-related information may improve the control of external devices. Further studies are required to understand how the contribution of residual sensory channels could improve the reliability of BCI systems.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Tidoni, E.
Secondary author(s):	Gergondet, P., Fusco, G., Kheddar, A., Aglioti, S.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tidoni, E., Gergondet, P., Fusco, G., Kheddar, A., & Aglioti, S. (2016). The role of audiovisual feedback in a thought-based control of a humanoid robot: a BCI study in healthy and spinal cord injured people. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(6), 772-781. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2016.2597863
2-year Impact Factor:	3.410\|2016
Times cited:	28\|2025-02-11
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Brain-computer interface (BCI) / SSVEP / Spinal Cord Injury / Teleoperation / Body ownership / Humanoid

Document

Visual appearance of a virtual upper limb modulates the temperature of the real hand: A thermal imaging study in Immersive Virtual Reality

2017

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2016 Grants
    - 218 - Virtual bodies, real empathy: Behavioural, bodily, and neural reactivity to the observation of pain and pleasure on self and others in immersive virtual reality
      - Visual appearance of a virtual upper limb modulates the temperature of the real hand: A thermal imaging study in Immersive Virtual Reality

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2016
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2016 Grants
Start date:	2017-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2016-218
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	218 - Virtual bodies, real empathy: Behavioural, bodily, and neural reactivity to the observation of pain and pleasure on self and others in immersive virtual reality
Duration:	2017-04 - 2020-03
Researcher(s):	Gaetano Tieri, Martina Fusaro, Valentina Nicolardi, Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Institution(s):	Unitelma Sapienza, Rome (Italy); Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Application form Correspondence Research Funding Agreement Progress Reports Final report Articles
Author:	Tieri, G.
Secondary author(s):	Fusaro, M., Nicolardi, V., Aglioti, S.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Virtual Reality / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Empathy for pain and pleasure / Electroencephalogram (EEG) / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2016-218.04
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	Visual appearance of a virtual upper limb modulates the temperature of the real hand: A thermal imaging study in Immersive Virtual Reality
Publication year:	2017
URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ejn.13545
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: To explore the link between Sense of Embodiment (SoE) over a virtual hand and physiological regulation of skin temperature, 24 healthy participants were immersed in virtual reality through a Head Mounted Display and had their real limb temperature recorded by means of a high-sensitivity infrared camera. Participants observed a virtual right upper limb (appearing either normally, or with the hand detached from the forearm) or limb-shaped non-corporeal control objects (continuous or discontinuous wooden blocks) from a first-person perspective. Subjective ratings of SoE were collected in each observation condition, as well as temperatures of the right and left hand, wrist and forearm. The observation of these complex, body and body-related virtual scenes resulted in increased real hand temperature when compared to a baseline condition in which a 3d virtual ball was presented. Crucially, observation of non-natural appearances of the virtual limb (discontinuous limb) and limb-shaped non-corporeal objects elicited high increase in real hand temperature and low SoE. In contrast, observation of the full virtual limb caused high SoE and low temperature changes in the real hand with respect to the other conditions. Interestingly, the temperature difference across the different conditions occurred according to a topographic rule that included both hands. Our study sheds new light on the role of an external hand's visual appearance and suggests a tight link between higher-order bodily self-representations and topographic regulation of skin temperature.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Tieri, G.
Secondary author(s):	Gioia, A., Scandola, M., Pavone, E. F., Aglioti, S. M.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tieri, G., Gioia, A., Scandola, M., Pavone, E. F., & Aglioti, S. M. (2017). Visual appearance of a virtual upper limb modulates the temperature of the real hand: a thermal imaging study in Immersive Virtual Reality. European Journal of Neuroscience, 45(9), 1141-1151. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13545
2-year Impact Factor:	2.832\|2017
Times cited:	46\|2025-02-11
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q3
Keywords:	Immersive Virtual Reality / Body ownership / First person perspective / Thermal imaging / Visual continuity

File

311 - How body ownership shapes tactile awareness: Inducing phantom sensations and measuring their electrophysiological correlates in immersive virtual reality

2021-04

2024-01

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2020 Grants
    - 311 - How body ownership shapes tactile awareness: Inducing phantom sensations and measuring their electrophysiological correlates in immersive virtual reality

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2020
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2020 Grants
Start date:	2021-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2020-311
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	311 - How body ownership shapes tactile awareness: Inducing phantom sensations and measuring their electrophysiological correlates in immersive virtual reality
Duration:	2021-04 - 2024-01
Researcher(s):	Carlotta Fossataro, Valentina Bruno, Alice Rossi Sebastiano, Francesca Garbarini
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, University of Turin (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Application form Correspondence Research Funding Agreement Progress report Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Fossataro, C.
Secondary author(s):	Bruno, V., Rossi Sebastiano, A., Garbarini, F.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Body ownership / Tactile awareness / Electroencephalography / Immersive virtual reality / Psychophysiology

Document

Absence of reliable physiological signature of illusory body ownership revealed by fine-grained autonomic measurement during the rubber hand illusion

2021

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 128 - Autonomic nerve recordings applied as a novel psychophysiological tool for Consciousness Science
      - Absence of reliable physiological signature of illusory body ownership revealed by fine-grained autonomic measurement during the rubber hand illusion

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-128
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	128 - Autonomic nerve recordings applied as a novel psychophysiological tool for Consciousness Science
Duration:	2015-09 - 2021-11
Researcher(s):	Hugo Dyfrig Critchley, Peter Taggart, Yrsa Sverrisdottir
Institution(s):	University of Sussex: Brighton and Sussex Medical School (UK); University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress report Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Critchley, H. D.
Secondary author(s):	Sverrisdottir, Y.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Microneurography / Interoception / Predictive coding / Awareness / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-128.03
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	Absence of reliable physiological signature of illusory body ownership revealed by fine-grained autonomic measurement during the rubber hand illusion
Publication year:	2021
URL:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237282
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The neural representation of a ‘biological self’ is linked theoretically to the control of bodily physiology. In an influential model, selfhood relates to internal agency and higher-order interoceptive representation, inferred from the predicted impact of efferent autonomic nervous activity on afferent viscerosensory feedback. Here we tested if an altered representation of physical self (illusory embodiment of an artificial hand) is accompanied by sustained shifts in autonomic activity. Participants (N = 37) underwent procedures for induction of the rubber hand illusion (synchronous stroking of own unseen hand and observed stroking of artificial hand) and a control condition (asychronous stroking). We recorded electrocardiography, electrodermal activity, and a non-invasive measure of multiunit skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) from the chest. We compared these autonomic indices between task conditions, and between individuals who did and did not experience the illusion. Bayes factors quantified the strength of evidence for and against null hypotheses. Observed proprioceptive drift and subjective reports confirmed the efficacy of the synchronous (vs asynchronous) condition in inducing illusory hand ownership. Stringent discriminant analysis classified 24/37 individuals as experiencing the rubber hand illusion. Surprisingly, heart rate, heart rate variability, electrodermal activity, and SKNA measures revealed no autonomic differences between synchronous vs asynchronous conditions, nor between individuals who did or did not experience the rubber hand illusion. Bayes factors indicated substantial evidence for no physiological differences. In contrast to earlier reports, our autonomic data show the absence of a reliable change in physiological state during the rubber hand illusion. More encompassing perturbations of self-experience, for example in full body illusions, may nevertheless be coupled to, or facilitated by, changes in efferent autonomic activity and afferent viscerosensory feedback. Our findings suggest that such changes in bodily physiology are not sustained as an obligatory component of the rubber hand illusion.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Critchley, H. D.
Secondary author(s):	Botan, V., Ward, J.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Critchley, H. D., Botan, V., & Ward, J. (2021). Absence of reliable physiological signature of illusory body ownership revealed by fine-grained autonomic measurement during the rubber hand illusion. PLoS ONE, 16(4): e0237282. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237282
2-year Impact Factor:	3.240\|2020
Impact factor notes:	Impact factor not available yet for 2021
Times cited:	11\|2025-02-14
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q2
Keywords:	Body ownership / Rubber hand illusion / Physiological measures
Absence of reliable physiological signature of illusory body ownership revealed by finegrained autonomic measurement during the rubber hand illusion

Document

The effect of visual, spatial and temporal manipulations on embodiment and action

2017

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2012 Grants
    - 203 - Using multisensory illusions to investigate medically unexplained symptoms
      - The effect of visual, spatial and temporal manipulations on embodiment and action

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012
Location:	SEC PCA
Title:	2012 Grants
Start date:	2013-02

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012-203
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 23/2012
Title:	203 - Using multisensory illusions to investigate medically unexplained symptoms
Duration:	2013-10 - 2017-02
Researcher(s):	Roger Newport
Institution(s):	School of Psychology, University of Nottingham (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress reports Final report 2 Article
Language:	eng
Author:	Newport, R.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system / Self / Body awareness / Biopsychological problems

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2012-203.05
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 23/2012
Title:	The effect of visual, spatial and temporal manipulations on embodiment and action
Publication year:	2017
URL:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415570/
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The feeling of owning and controlling the body relies on the integration and interpretation of sensory input from multiple sources with respect to existing representations of the bodily self. Illusion paradigms involving multisensory manipulations have demonstrated that while the senses of ownership and agency are strongly related, these two components of bodily experience may be dissociable and differentially affected by alterations to sensory input. Importantly, however, much of the current literature has focused on the application of sensory manipulations to external objects or virtual representations of the self that are visually incongruent with the viewer's own body and which are not part of the existing body representation. The current experiment used MIRAGE-mediated reality to investigate how manipulating the visual, spatial and temporal properties of the participant's own hand (as opposed to a fake/virtual limb) affected embodiment and action. Participants viewed two representations of their right hand inside a MIRAGE multisensory illusions box with opposing visual (normal or grossly distorted), temporal (synchronous or asynchronous) and spatial (precise real location or false location) manipulations applied to each hand. Subjective experiences of ownership and agency towards each hand were measured alongside an objective measure of perceived hand location using a pointing task. The subjective sense of agency was always anchored to the synchronous hand, regardless of physical appearance and location. Subjective ownership also moved with the synchronous hand, except when both the location and appearance of the synchronous limb were incongruent with that of the real limb. Objective pointing measures displayed a similar pattern, however movement synchrony was not sufficient to drive a complete shift in perceived hand location, indicating a greater reliance on the spatial location of the real hand. The results suggest that while the congruence of self-generated movement is a sufficient driver for the sense of agency, the sense of ownership is additionally sensitive to cues about the visual appearance and spatial location of one's own body.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Ratcliffe, N.
Secondary author(s):	Newport, R.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Ratcliffe, N., & Newport, R. (2017). The effect of visual, spatial and temporal manipulations on embodiment and action. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11: 227. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00227
2-year Impact Factor:	2.871\|2017
Times cited:	34\|2025-02-11
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q2
Keywords:	MIRAGE / Body ownership / Body representation / Multisensory integration / Sense of agency / Visual distortion
The effect of visual, spatial and temporal manipulations on embodiment and action