Testing the exteroceptive function of nociception: the role of visual experience in shaping the spatial representations of nociceptive inputs.
Camille Vanderclausen, Marion Bourgois, Anne De Volder, Valéry Legrain
The paper investigates how visual experience influences the spatial representation of nociceptive inputs, finding that normally sighted individuals show altered perception when hands are crossed, suggesting a spatiotopic remapping, while early blind participants rely on somatotopic representation.
Cortex · Jan 22, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience