Claudio Brozzoli, PhD
(Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow)

Research

When we grab a cup of coffee on our desk, our brain needs to know where the cup is located with respect to our hand. How does the brain get to localize the body-parts in space and the targets of our actions with respect to the body? Claudio is investigating the representation of the space around the body, called Peripersonal Space, based on the integration of input coming from different sensory modalities (touch, vision and audition). In particular, Claudio studies the role of peripersonal space in the interactions between the body and the objects and its relationship with the feeling of body ownership, through functional neuroimaging (fMRI) and brain stimulation (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, TMS).

Sample Publications

Brozzoli C., Gentile G, Ehrsson HH. (2012) That's near my hand! Parietal and premotor coding of hand-centered space contributes to localization and self-attribution of the hand. J. Neurosci. 32(42):14573-14582. PDF Supplementary materials here

Brozzoli C. & Gentile G., Petkova V.I. and Ehrsson H.H. fMRI-adaptation reveals a cortical mechanism for the coding of space near the hand. J. Neurosci. (2011) 31(24) 9023-9031. PDF

Brozzoli C., Cardinali L, Pavani F, Farnè A. Action-specific remapping of peripersonal space. Neuropsychologia. 2010, 48(3):796-802.LINK

Brozzoli C., Pavani F, Urquizar C, Cardinali L, Farnè A. Grasping actions remap peripersonal space. Neuroreport. 2009, 20(10):913-7.LINK

Makin TR, Holmes NP, Brozzoli C, Rossetti Y, Farnè A. Coding of visual space during motor preparation: Approaching objects rapidly modulate corticospinal excitability in hand-centered coordinates. J Neurosci. 2009, 29(38):11841-51.LINK

Contact

Claudio Brozzoli, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet
Retzius väg 8, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

email: claudio.brozzoli @ ki.se
office phone: (+46) 8 524 87 984