Pain and the peripersonal space
Adequately responding to a painful stimulus requires knowing where pain is localized on the body, but also where the cause of pain is localized in the external world. This involves for the brain to coordinate the somatotopic representation of the body and the representations of the space around the body. According to a recent theory, the spatial localization of pain depends on a cortical mapping system that integrates nociceptive (localization of the salient and threatening stimulus on the body), proprioceptive (localization of the limbs in external space) and visual information (localization of the cause/source of pain in the external world) into a multimodal and peripersonal representation of the body and the space nearby.

Researchers involved
Publications
2020
Visuomotor impairments in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome during pointing tasks
Pain
Verfaille C, Filbrich L, Rossetti Y, Berquin A, Mouraux D, Barbier O, Libouton X, Fraselle V, Legrain V.
162(3):811-822.
2020
Investigating perceptual simultaneity between nociceptive and visual stimuli by means of temporal order judgments
Neuroscience Letters
Manfron L, Filbrich L, Nijs E, Mouraux A, Legrain V.
735:135156.
2020
Testing the exteroceptive function of nociception: the role of visual experience in shaping the spatial representations of nociceptive inputs
Cortex
Vanderclausen C, Bourgois M, De Volder A, Legrain V.
126:26-38
2020
The influence of visual experience and cognitive goals on the spatial representations of nociceptive stimuli
Pain
Vanderclausen C, Manfron L, De Volder A, Legrain V.
161(2):328-337
2019
Seeing or not Seeing Where Your Hands Are. The Influence of Visual Feedback About Hand Position on the Interaction Between Nociceptive and Visual Stimuli
Multisensory Research
Manfron L, Legrain V, Filbrich L.
1:1-22
2019
Unimodal and crossmodal extinction of nociceptive stimuli in healthy volunteers
Behabioural Brain Research
Filbrich L, Blandiaux S, Manfron L, Farnè A, De Keyser R, Legrain V.
362: 114-121
2018
Does the body shape visuospatial perception?
Perception
Legrain V, Manfron L, Garcia M, Filbrich L.
3.01007E+14
2018
No perceptual prioritization of non-nociceptive vibrotactile and visual stimuli presented on a sensitized body part
Nature: Scientific Reports
Torta D, Filbrich L, van den Broeke E, Legrain V.
8(1):5359
2018
Investigating the spatial characteristics of the crossmodal interaction between nociception and vision using gaze direction
Consciousness and Cognition
Filbrich L, Halicka M, Alamia A, Legrain V.
57: 106-115
2017
Biased visuospatial perception in complex regional pain syndrome
Nature : Scientific Reports
Filbrich L, Alamia A, Verfaille C, Barbier O, Libouton X, Fraselle V, Mouraux D, Berquin A, Legrain V.
7.036111111
2017
Shaping visual space perception through bodily sensations: Testing the impact of nociceptive stimuli on visual perception in peripersonal space with temporal order judgments
PLoS One
Filbrich L, Alamia A, Blandiaux S, Burns S, Legrain V.
12(8):e0182634
2017
Investigating peri-limb interaction between nociception and vision using spatial depth
Neuroscience Letters
Vanderclausen C, Filbrich L, Alamia A, Legrain V.
654: 111-116