Lecturer: Andreas Kalckert
Fields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental psychology
Content
Embodied approaches have inspired and yielded new perspectives in a variety of research disciplines. These approaches have emphasized the role of the body in cognitive functions, not only for interacting with the world, but also for perceptual experiences. Psychological experiments using bodily illusion have taken this notion a step further and have provided evidence that even temporary experiences of embodiment can directly alter perception, action, and cognition. Consequently, these tools create new ways to change individuals in unprecedented ways.
In this course, I will provide an introduction into the perceptual and neuronal processes underlying bodily illusions. I will then illustrate how such illusions have demonstrated changes in the experience and attitudes in both healthy and patient populations, and discuss the potential of using these paradigms for therapeutic interventions. We will also touch on some ethical dimensions within this research that raise questions over its use in the future.
Literature
- Ehrsson, H. H. (2019). Multisensory processes in body ownership. In Multisensory Perception: From Laboratory to Clinic. Elsevier.
- Pyasik, M., Ciorli, T., & Pia, L. (2022). Full body illusion and cognition: A systematic review of the literature. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 143, 104926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104926
- Slater, M. & Sanchez-Vives, M. (2022). A plastic virtual self. In The Routledge Handbook of Bodily awareness. Routledge
Lecturer
Andreas Kalckert received his PhD at the Dep. of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute (Sweden). He worked as a lecturer in psychology at the University of Reading Malaysia, and now is a senior lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Skövde (Sweden). In his research, he investigates the processes underlying the experience of the own body from both a psychological and neuroscientific perspective. Here he is particularly interested in the role of movements.
Affiliation: Dep. of Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy
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