Body, space and pain

• Main Author: Diana M. Torta (auth)
• Other Authors: Jorg Trojan (auth), Camila Valenzuela-Moguillansky (auth), Martin Diers (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Body perception; Illusions; Pain; Space Perception; multisensory integration; sensory-motor integration
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There is growing interest in understanding how the perception of pain (and touch) is influenced by the way we represent our body and the space surrounding it. Recent views argue that pain can only be understood in a larger framework of body perception and action. This attention is driven by accumula...