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The changing body:
Body Representations across the lifespan
September 7th, 2020, Colchester, Essex, UK
In light of recent developments with the Covid-19, we had to make the difficult decision of cancelling the workshop. While we are very disappointed, this is clearly the most appropriate course of action at present, given the escalating outbreak and the uncertainty in relation to when research activities are likely to be resumed.
Perceiving one’s own body is a complex task, which involves the integration of various sources of information. Research with adults shows that this task is achieved by binding together different signals from senses, such as vision, touch, and proprioception. Nevertheless, despite increasing understanding of body representations in adulthood, fundamental questions remain about the acquisition and development of body representations across the lifespan. For example, how do we develop and maintain a sense of having a body during the enormous physical and sensory changes of childhood? What are the processes that facilitate or hinder its development? This workshop will give an up-to-date overview of body representations across the lifespan, including both childhood development and ageing, and both typical and atypical development (e.g., following brain injury or limb loss), and also in the ageing process.
The BRNet workshops aim to treat body representation with a multidisciplinary multifaceted approach, organizing meetings between experts with the aim of communicating findings and sharing paradigms, considering the needs of the different settings, and finally promoting awareness in other disciplines.
Attendance at the workshop is free but space is limited. Please register in advance if you want to attend (see below).
Registration will cover attendance at the workshop, tea/coffee breaks, and a light lunch.
Submission of abstract for oral or poster presentations is welcome.
We look forward to seeing you in Colchester,
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Maria Laura Filippetti, Dorothy Cowie and Valentina Cazzato
Keynote Speakers
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(King’s College London, UK)
Dr Arichi’s research work aims to apply non-invasive imaging techniques (EEG, functional MRI) to characterise the development of functional activity in the human brain, during fetal and preterm life and following brain injury. This is particularly focused on understanding how early somatosensory and motor processing relates to brain development and behaviour.
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(University of Zurich, CH)
Prof Lenggenhager’s work focuses on the empirical investigation of multisensory integration mechanisms, the bodily self, and embodied cognition in both pathology and health. Specifically, she examines the psychological, physiological and neural mechanisms of body representations across the lifespan.
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