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Abstract:
Peripersonal space (PPS) is the region where body-environment interactions predominantly occur. It is represented by a specialized neural system that integrates external cues and tactile stimuli, acting as a fundamental interface between individuals and their surroundings. This presentation examines the neural and computational mechanisms of PPS in humans, along with its primary functions and properties. Data about the dynamic nature of PPS and its optimization for body-environment interactions. The presentation will also explore the reciprocal relationship between PPS and social interactions, emphasizing its involvement in social cognition and susceptibility to social modulation. Finally, the presentation will discuss the pivotal role of PPS in self-consciousness, including a novel electrophysiological paradigm for measuring PPS. This paradigm has revealed markers of self-consciousness in newborns, during sleep stages, and in patients with disorders of consciousness. Overall, this presentation offers insights into the multifaceted nature of PPS, its implications for social cognition, and its significance in self-consciousness.
Andrea Serino is the Head of MySpace Lab, currently an SNSF Professor at the University Hospital of Lausanne, Head of Neuroscience at MindMaze and Invited Professor at the Center for Neuroprosthetics of the EPFL. He got his PhD in Neuropsychology at the University of Bologna, where he was also assistant professor from 2006 to 2012. He was visiting scientist at University College London (2005) and invited professor at the University of Dijon (2010). His main research topic is understanding the neural and cognitive basis of body and self experience in space.
https://wp.unil.ch/myspacelab/prof-andrea-serino/
Peripersonal space (PPS) is the region where body-environment interactions predominantly occur. It is represented by a specialized neural system that integrates external cues and tactile stimuli, acting as a fundamental interface between individuals and their surroundings. This presentation examines the neural and computational mechanisms of PPS in humans, along with its primary functions and properties. Data about the dynamic nature of PPS and its optimization for body-environment interactions. The presentation will also explore the reciprocal relationship between PPS and social interactions, emphasizing its involvement in social cognition and susceptibility to social modulation. Finally, the presentation will discuss the pivotal role of PPS in self-consciousness, including a novel electrophysiological paradigm for measuring PPS. This paradigm has revealed markers of self-consciousness in newborns, during sleep stages, and in patients with disorders of consciousness. Overall, this presentation offers insights into the multifaceted nature of PPS, its implications for social cognition, and its significance in self-consciousness.
Andrea Serino is the Head of MySpace Lab, currently an SNSF Professor at the University Hospital of Lausanne, Head of Neuroscience at MindMaze and Invited Professor at the Center for Neuroprosthetics of the EPFL. He got his PhD in Neuropsychology at the University of Bologna, where he was also assistant professor from 2006 to 2012. He was visiting scientist at University College London (2005) and invited professor at the University of Dijon (2010). His main research topic is understanding the neural and cognitive basis of body and self experience in space.
https://wp.unil.ch/myspacelab/prof-andrea-serino/