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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.

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Researchers involved

Publications

2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Does the body shape visuospatial perception?

Perception

Legrain V, Manfron L, Garcia M, Filbrich L.

3.01007E+14

2018

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Investigating peri-limb interaction between nociception and vision using spatial depth

Neuroscience Letters

Vanderclausen C, Filbrich L, Alamia A, Legrain V.

654: 111-116

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